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Badingham

Badingham is a village in Suffolk, England, with a population of around 220. It has 8 bus stops. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Badingham area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the East Suffolk area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 246,058 residents at roughly 195 people per km².

Council
East Suffolk
County
Suffolk
Constituency
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
Police force
Suffolk
65/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 43rd of 294 English council areas — better than 85% of them.

Low crime83
Home affordability58
Affordable rents84
Good schools38
Life expectancy70
Low deprivation50
Employment62
Low council tax74

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

16°COvercast

  • Today: 19° / 11° · 11% rain
  • Tomorrow: 20° / 11° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:17Sunset 19:26

13h 9m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

Crime

1 reported · July 2026 50% YoY

  • Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Framlingham and Yoxford · Suffolk

Local policing priorities

  • Target Anti-social behaviour around Framlingham.
  • Officers are proactively targeting speeding and driving offences through enforcement patrols and the use of speed detection equipment.

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

328 reported road collisions (2024)

105 killed or seriously injured · 419 casualties · 13.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

5 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 3 rated 4–5 ★ (3 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Saxmundham (9.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£278,376 average 1.2% YoY

Across East Suffolk · to 2026-06

Detached£405,565
Semi-detached£265,776
Terraced£205,795
Flat£140,660

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£840 average monthly rent 4.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £602
  • 2 bed £791
  • 3 bed £938

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

7.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.8 times median annual pay (7.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

EV charging

1 charging location within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 7 kW
  • Nearest: PIS Wilby VH (7.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches2
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

246,058 residents in East Suffolk · 195/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 56%
  • 65+: 28%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 158 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

7% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,335 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (25% of 122,720)

A £1,557
B £1,816
C £2,075
D £2,335
E £2,854
F £3,372
G £3,891
H £4,670

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

114 schools · 31,855 pupils

84 primary · 12 secondary · 18 other

Ofsted: 48 of 56 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (86%)

101inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Farlingaye High SchoolGood
  • Felixstowe SchoolGood
  • Kesgrave High SchoolGood
  • Pakefield High SchoolGood
  • Thomas Mills High School & Sixth FormGood
  • Alde Valley AcademyRequires improvement
  • Beccles High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Benjamin Britten Academy of Music and Mathematics
  • Bungay High School
  • East Point Academy
  • Ormiston Denes Academy
  • Sir John Leman High School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · East Suffolk

Care & health services

691 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes196
  • GP practices91
  • Dentists136
  • Homecare agencies209
  • Hospitals & hospices15

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 11 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Suffolk

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 9 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

436 applications decided

92.7% granted · 404 granted, 32 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Patrick Spencer

Conservative

Central Suffolk and North Ipswich

Recent votes:

  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Green / Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

  • Lab 11
  • Con 15
  • LD 9
  • Grn 16
  • Oth 4

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

Amenity data is being compiled for this area.

Local businesses

11,080 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

2 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Maths Tutoring Job in Badingham – Flexible Schedule, Online Maths Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£734 median full-time weekly pay

2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,540 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

41% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 129,067 certificates

11.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

82% low-carbon electricity

Wind 33% · Solar 25% · Nuclear 19% · Gas 17%

75 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.7 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.8
  • Feeling worthwhile8.1
  • Happiness yesterday7.9
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.8

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Health services

3 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in IP13

  • Framlingham Surgery
  • Wickham Market Medical Centre
  • Earl Soham Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Central Suffolk and North Ipswich:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

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  • Hulver Street · 1.3 km

    Hulver Street, also known simply as Hulver, is a hamlet near the market town of Beccles, in the civil parish of Henstead with Hulver Street, in the East Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. Until 2019…

  • Dennington · 2.6 km

    Dennington is a village and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk. It is 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Framlingham and 15 miles (24 km) north-east of Ipswich in the east of the county. It lies along the A1120 road…

  • Bruisyard · 2.9 km

    Bruisyard is a village in the valley of the River Alde in the county of Suffolk, England. The village had a population of around 175 at the 2011 census.

  • Bruisyard Abbey · 3.5 km

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  • Brundish · 3.7 km

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Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Badingham?
Badingham is a town in Suffolk, England, in the East Suffolk local authority.
What is the population of Badingham?
Badingham has an approximate settlement population of 220.
How deprived is Badingham?
The East Suffolk local authority, which includes Badingham, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.