Boxford (Babergh)

9°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 13° / 9° · 49% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:55Sunset 16:25

9h 30m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom

• 7.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

5 reported · August 2026▼ 64% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences3
• Other theft1
• Vehicle crime1

Neighbourhood team: Waldingfield, Boxford and Bures · Suffolk

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

162 reported road collisions (2025)

44 killed or seriously injured · 224 casualties · 17.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

13 food businesses within 2 miles

• 12 rated 4–5 ★ (10 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 11 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£331,207 average▲ 0.9% YoY

Across Babergh · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£965 average monthly rent▲ 3.3% YoY

• 1 bed £717
• 2 bed £916
• 3 bed £1,110

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

10.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.6 times median annual pay (10.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,320 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

7 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 60 kW
• Nearest: Leavenheath VH (4.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools6
• Sports pitches6
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

92,345 residents in Babergh · 156/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 57%
• 65+: 27%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,365
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,128
• Net moves+1,237

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 184 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,342 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (28% of 44,270)

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

55 schools · 14,846 pupils

38 primary · 5 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 22 of 24 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Babergh

692 CQC-registered services

• Care homes197
• GP practices92
• Dentists135
• Homecare agencies208
• Hospitals & hospices15

CQC ratings: 89% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 9 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Suffolk

• In a conservation area (Boxford)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 112 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

223 applications decided

91.5% granted · 204 granted, 19 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

James Cartlidge

Conservative

South Suffolk

Source: UK Parliament

Green / Independent / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 1
• Con 6
• LD 4
• Grn 10
• Ref 2
• Oth 9

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,725 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£682 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,849 disposable income per head (2024)

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

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 43,181 certificates

11.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

83% low-carbon electricity

Wind 51% · Nuclear 20% · Gas 16% · Biomass 11%

77 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 82.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Suffolk): 61.7 women · 62.1 men

57% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.8
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.8

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

5 GP surgeries · 10 pharmacies in CO10

• Hardwicke House Group Practice
• Glemsford Surgery
• Siam Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Suffolk:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks314 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Automatic extension for Non- Molestation order when it is breached232 local signatures · 10,314 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills180 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND169 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth167 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Boxford, Suffolk · 0.6 km

  Boxford is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district of Suffolk, England. Located around six miles east of Sudbury straddling the River Box and skirted by the Holbrook. The parish includes the hamlets of Cala…

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  Groton, Suffolk · 1.1 km

  Groton is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district, Suffolk, England, located around a mile north of the A1071 between Hadleigh and Sudbury. In 2021 the parish had a population of 299.

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  St Bartholomew's Church, Groton · 1.3 km

  St Bartholomew's Church is an Anglican church in the village of Groton in south-west Suffolk, England. It is an active parish church in the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich and the archdeaconry of Ipswich. St Bar…

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  Hagmore Green · 1.7 km

  Hagmore Green is a hamlet in the civil parish of Boxford, in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk, England. The nearest village is Boxford, the A134 and A1071 roads are nearby.

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  Hadleigh Hamlet · 1.9 km

  Hadleigh Hamlet was formerly a civil parish in Suffolk, England. It included part of the village of Boxford and rural areas to the north-east of Boxford, including the hamlet of Wicker Street Green. The parish was abo…

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  Edwardstone · 2.6 km

  Edwardstone is a village and civil parish in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk, England. The parish contains the hamlets of Mill Green, Priory Green, Round Maple and Sherbourne Street. In 2021 the parish…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)