Bungay
Bungay is a town in Suffolk, England, with a population of around 5,127. It has around 1 pharmacy and 15 restaurants and cafés, along with 35 bus stops. The average sold house price is around £299,787, and there were around 29 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Bungay 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
- Waveney
- Police force
- Suffolk
My Area Score
Excellent
Ranked 43rd of 294 English council areas — better than 85% of them.
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
20°COvercast
- Today: 24° / 14° · 25% rain
- Tomorrow: 23° / 18° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:22Sunset 19:18
12h 57m 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
37 reported · July 2026▲ 12% YoY
- Violence & sexual offences17
- Anti-social behaviour9
- Criminal damage & arson6
- Vehicle crime2
Neighbourhood team: Bungay and Wainford · Suffolk
Local policing priorities
- To work with partner agencies, retailers and businesses to reduce criminal offences and Anti Social behaviour in our Town Centres.
- To provide a visible policing presence in our public open spaces, including parks, play areas and coastal areas.
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
75 food businesses within 2 miles
- 65 rated 4–5 ★ (55 top)
- 1 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- 29 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Beccles (8.9 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£278,376 average▲ 1.2% YoY
Across East Suffolk · to 2026-06
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
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 164.9p · Morrisons (8.9 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Morrisons (8.9 km)
1 station within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
Sport & leisure
- Sports centres1
- Gyms1
- Swimming pools1
- Sports pitches20
- Golf courses1
- Playgrounds10
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)
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
- In a conservation area (Bungay)
- Not in the Green Belt
- 205 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
Adrian Ramsay
Green Party
Waveney Valley
Recent votes:
- AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
- AyeClosure motion
- AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
- AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140
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
- Schools5
- GPs & clinics1
- Pharmacies1
- Supermarkets1
- Parks & greens5
- Restaurants & cafés15
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
11,080 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Jobs
97 jobs advertised · £43,649 avg
e.g. Online Piano Tutoring Job in Flixton – Flexible Schedule, Online Primary school Tutoring Job in Flixton (North Yorkshire) – Flexible Schedule, Office Manager & PA
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
85% low-carbon electricity
Wind 43% · Solar 19% · Nuclear 18% · Gas 15%
65 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
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Waveney Valley:
- Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership476 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
- Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership410 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
- Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office315 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
- Do not ban social media for under 16s263 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases222 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06
Notable places nearby
Bungay Priory · 0.1 kmBungay Priory was a Benedictine nunnery in the town of Bungay in the English county of Suffolk. It was founded c. 1160–1185 by the Countess Gundreda, wife or widow of Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk, upon lands of her…
Bungay St Mary · 0.1 kmBungay St Mary was a civil parish in the administrative county of East Suffolk, in Suffolk, England. At the 1901 census, Bungay St Mary had a population of 1674. The church, St Mary's Church is a Grade I listed building.
St Mary's Church, Bungay · 0.1 kmSt Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the town of Bungay, Suffolk, England. The church and the ruins of the adjacent priory are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I l…
Bungay Holy Trinity · 0.2 kmBungay Holy Trinity is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Bungay, in the East Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. At the 1901 census, Bungay Holy Trinity had a population of 1640. The church,…
Bungay · 0.2 kmBungay is a market town, civil parish and electoral ward in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. It lies in the Waveney Valley, 5+1⁄2 miles west of Beccles on the edge of The Broads, and at the neck of a mea…

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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Bungay?
- Bungay is a town in Suffolk, England, in the East Suffolk local authority.
- What is the population of Bungay?
- Bungay has an approximate settlement population of 5,127.
- How deprived is Bungay?
- The East Suffolk local authority, which includes Bungay, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.