Benhall Green

20°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 23° / 16° · 59% rain
• Tomorrow: 26° / 16° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:23Sunset 19:16

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

10US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

21 reported · July 2026▲ 62% YoY

• Criminal damage & arson6
• Violence & sexual offences6
• Anti-social behaviour3
• Public order2

Neighbourhood team: Leiston, Saxmundham and Aldeburgh · Suffolk

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

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)

46 food businesses within 2 miles

• 40 rated 4–5 ★ (34 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Saxmundham (1.6 km)
• 11 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£278,376 average▲ 1.2% YoY

Across East Suffolk · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

5 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: SCC Saxmundhan (1.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches13
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

246,058 residents in East Suffolk · 195/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

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

£2,335 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

436 applications decided

92.7% granted · 404 granted, 32 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Green / Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

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

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

• Schools2
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

11,080 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

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

Life expectancy: 84.7 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Suffolk Coastal:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership384 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership322 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office296 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases260 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test244 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Benhall Green · 0.3 km

  Benhall Green is a village in Suffolk, England, about 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the town of Saxmundham. The village is the main settlement of Benhall parish, which had a population of 569 at the 2021 census.

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  Sternfield · 0.5 km

  Sternfield is a village in Suffolk, England. It is located 1 mile (2 km) south of Saxmundham, its post town. The village is very small and irregularly built, and is wholly agricultural.

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  East Suffolk (district) · 0.8 km

  East Suffolk is a local government district in Suffolk, England. The largest town is Lowestoft, which contains Ness Point, the easternmost point of the United Kingdom. The second-largest town is Felixstowe, which has…

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  Benhall · 1.3 km

  Benhall is a civil parish in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. Lying to the south of Saxmundham, its population at the 2021 census was 569. The main settlement is Benhall Green, while the hamlet of Benhal…

• SET Saxmundham School · 1.5 km

  SET Saxmundham School is a free school in Saxmundham, Suffolk, East Anglia, with approximately 222 pupils. It opened in 2012, replacing Saxmundham Middle School, with 105 pupils out of a total of 312 places available.…

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  Saxmundham railway station · 1.6 km

  Saxmundham railway station is on the East Suffolk Line in the east of England, serving the town of Saxmundham, Suffolk. Situated between Wickham Market and Darsham, it is 22 miles 29 chains (36 km) down the line from…

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