Bury St Edmunds

10°COvercast

• Today: 11° / 8° · 30% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:58Sunset 16:23

9h 25m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

• 7.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

148 reported · August 2026▼ 20% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences56
• Shoplifting23
• Public order15
• Other theft13

Neighbourhood team: Bury St Edmunds Town South · Suffolk

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

288 reported road collisions (2025)

85 killed or seriously injured · 373 casualties · 16 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

328 food businesses within 2 miles

• 306 rated 4–5 ★ (281 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bury St Edmunds (0.8 km)
• 59 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£295,860 average▼ 0.5% YoY

Across West Suffolk · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,183 average monthly rent▲ 4.3% YoY

• 1 bed £818
• 2 bed £1,061
• 3 bed £1,320

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

7.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.7 times median annual pay (8.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,544 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

• Cheapest petrol: 164.9p · Asda (1.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 190.9p · Asda (1.4 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

31 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: School Yard Car Park (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms2
• Swimming pools7
• Sports pitches54
• Playgrounds11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

179,948 residents in West Suffolk · 174/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,255
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,232
• Net moves+1,023

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 172 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,351 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (34% of 84,240)

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

82 schools · 24,787 pupils

53 primary · 11 secondary · 18 other

Ofsted: 40 of 45 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

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

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

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 (Bury St Edmunds Town Centre)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 726 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

260 applications decided

95% granted · 247 granted, 13 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Dr Peter Prinsley

Labour

Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket

Source: UK Parliament

Labour / Independent / Green / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 15
• Con 24
• LD 1
• Grn 2
• Ref 3
• Oth 19

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

• Schools11
• GPs & clinics10
• Pharmacies6
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens257
• Restaurants & cafés108

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,700 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

936 jobs advertised · £38,341 avg

e.g. SEN / SEND Tutor, Suffolk, HGV Class 1 Driver – Days – 4 Days per Week, HGV Driver

Source: Adzuna

£755 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,636 disposable income per head (2024)

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

47% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 94,014 certificates

10.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

58% low-carbon electricity

Gas 41% · Wind 38% · Nuclear 14% · Biomass 6%

170 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.7 yrs men

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

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

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

10 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in IP33

• Angel Hill Surgery
• The Guildhall And Barrow Surgery
• Victoria Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks312 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Stop plans to use MoD sites for asylum seekers without full local consultation237 local signatures · 23,862 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND227 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK195 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth192 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

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

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  Market Cross, Bury St Edmunds · 0.1 km

  The Market Cross, also known as Bury St Edmunds Town Hall, is a municipal building in Cornhill in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England. The building, which is currently used as a community space, is a Grade I listed buil…

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  Bury St Edmunds · 0.1 km

  Bury St Edmunds, commonly referred to locally as Bury, is a cathedral town, market town and civil parish in the West Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. The town is best known for Bury St Edmunds Abbe…

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  Moyse's Hall · 0.1 km

  Moyse's Hall is a building in the Suffolk town of Bury St Edmunds. It is a Grade I listed building and is thought to have been originally built circa 1180. It is probable but not certain that it was a Jewish merchant'…

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  Cupola House, Bury St Edmunds · 0.1 km

  Cupola House is a building in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England. It dates from the 17th century, and was restored after a serious fire in 2012. It is a Grade II listed building.

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  Corn Exchange, Bury St Edmunds · 0.2 km

  The Corn Exchange is a commercial building in Abbeygate Street in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England. The structure, which is currently used as a public house, is a Grade II listed building.

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  The Nutshell · 0.2 km

  The Nutshell is a pub in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, that until 2016 claimed to be the smallest pub in Britain, although this claim was challenged by several others, including the Smiths Arms at Godmanstone and…

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