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Burstallhill

Burstallhill is a town or village in Suffolk, England. The nearest railway station is Ipswich, 6.2 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Burstallhill area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Mid Suffolk area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 102,695 residents at roughly 118 people per km².

Council
Mid Suffolk
County
Suffolk
Constituency
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
Police force
Suffolk
74/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 8th of 294 English council areas — better than 97% of them.

Home affordability54
Affordable rents70
Good schools58
Life expectancy94
Low deprivation72
Employment92
Low council tax78

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. Scored on 80% of the full weighting — some data isn't available here. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

21°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 22° / 17° · 80% rain
  • Tomorrow: 25° / 17° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:25Sunset 19:17

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

Crime

1 reported · July 2026 50% YoY

  • Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Claydon, Copdock and Peninsula · Suffolk

Local policing priorities

  • OP Clarify -Vehicle related ASB in relation to off road bikes – Making use of police powers in order to protect the community against the…
  • Op Islington- Retail Crime – Identify our top repeat targeted retail premises, working with partners in designing out crime and prevent o…

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

Road safety

139 reported road collisions (2024)

36 killed or seriously injured · 184 casualties · 13.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

30 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 25 rated 4–5 ★ (24 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Ipswich (6.2 km)
  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Ipswich (6.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£320,276 average 5.8% YoY

Across Mid Suffolk · to 2026-06

Detached£447,263
Semi-detached£279,689
Terraced£225,032
Flat£140,641

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,001 average monthly rent 5.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £718
  • 2 bed £919
  • 3 bed £1,118

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

Affordability

8.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.0 times median annual pay (8.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 134.8p · AppleGreen (9.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 141.8p · AppleGreen (9.4 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

35 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 250 kW
  • Nearest: Hintlesham Hall Hotel (2.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools3
  • Sports pitches2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

102,695 residents in Mid Suffolk · 118/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 59%
  • 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 229 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,317 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (27% of 50,370)

A £1,545
B £1,802
C £2,059
D £2,317
E £2,832
F £3,347
G £3,861
H £4,634

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

Schools

57 schools · 14,148 pupils

46 primary · 7 secondary · 4 other

Ofsted: 18 of 20 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (90%)

54inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Debenham High SchoolGood
  • Stowupland High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Claydon High School
  • Hartismere School
  • Stowmarket High School
  • Stradbroke High School
  • Thurston Community College

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Mid 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
  • 11 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

187 applications decided

89.8% granted · 168 granted, 19 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Green majority

  • Con 3
  • LD 4
  • Grn 23
  • Oth 4

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

Amenities nearby

Amenity data is being compiled for this area.

Local businesses

5,565 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£764 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,233 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

47% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 49,211 certificates

10.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 82.6 yrs men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction8.0
  • Feeling worthwhile8.0
  • Happiness yesterday7.7
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.7

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

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

  • Burstall, Suffolk · 1.3 km

    Burstall is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. Located around 4 miles (6 km) west of Ipswich, it is part of Babergh district. The parish includes the hamlet of Burstallhill. Recorded in the Domesday Book…

  • Flowton · 1.8 km

    Flowton is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England, with a population of 117 people. The name 'Flowton' originally derives from the word 'Flocctun', meaning a flock of shee…

  • Hintlesham · 2.5 km

    Hintlesham is a small village in Suffolk, England, situated roughly halfway between Ipswich and Hadleigh. It is in the Belstead Brook electoral division of Suffolk County Council.

  • Sproughton · 2.5 km

    Sproughton is a village in Suffolk, England, just to the west of Ipswich and is in the Babergh administrative district. It has a church, a primary school, a pub, a community shop and various groups. It is in the Belst…

  • Bramford · 2.5 km

    Bramford is a village in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. It is three miles west of Ipswich of which it forms part of the wider Ipswich Built-up area. It was recorded in the Domesday Book as "Brunfort" or…

  • Little Blakenham · 3.0 km

    Little Blakenham is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located around two miles north-west of Ipswich and a mile south-west of its larger sister village Great Blakenh…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Burstallhill?
Burstallhill is a town in Suffolk, England, in the Mid Suffolk local authority.
How deprived is Burstallhill?
The Mid Suffolk local authority, which includes Burstallhill, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.