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Chelmondiston

Chelmondiston is a village in Suffolk, England, with a population of around 938. It has one restaurant or café, seven bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Harwich International, 5.7 km away. There were around 6 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly criminal damage & arson. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Chelmondiston area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Babergh area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 92,345 residents at roughly 156 people per km².

Council
Babergh
County
Suffolk
Constituency
South Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk
64/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 52nd of 294 English council areas — better than 82% of them.

Home affordability24
Affordable rents44
Good schools66
Life expectancy89
Low deprivation67
Employment72
Low council tax72

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

18°CLight rain shower

  • Today: 22° / 18° · 82% rain
  • Tomorrow: 24° / 16° · Sunny

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

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

Crime

2 reported · July 2026 33% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Violence & sexual offences1

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

162 reported road collisions (2024)

46 killed or seriously injured · 208 casualties · 17.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

14 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 13 rated 4–5 ★ (11 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Harwich International (5.7 km)
  • 7 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Harwich International (5.6 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£328,612 average 1.9% YoY

Across Babergh · to 2026-06

Detached£482,180
Semi-detached£309,393
Terraced£238,862
Flat£150,955

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£968 average monthly rent 3.9% YoY

  • 1 bed £719
  • 2 bed £919
  • 3 bed £1,113

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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 134.8p · AppleGreen (7.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 141.8p · AppleGreen (7.9 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

27 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 360 kW
  • Nearest: Woolverstone Marina (2.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools4
  • Sports pitches4
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

92,345 residents in Babergh · 156/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 212 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,342 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,561
B £1,821
C £2,081
D £2,342
E £2,862
F £3,382
G £3,903
H £4,683

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

Schools

56 schools · 14,984 pupils

38 primary · 5 secondary · 13 other

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

46inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Ormiston Sudbury AcademyRequires improvement
  • East Bergholt High School
  • Hadleigh High School
  • Holbrook Academy
  • Thomas Gainsborough School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Babergh

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
  • 15 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

162 applications decided

88.9% granted · 144 granted, 18 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

James Cartlidge

Conservative

South Suffolk

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

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)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • Parks & greens2
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,690 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£682 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% 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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

77% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 39% · Wind 39% · Gas 14% · Imports 9%

64 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 82.4 yrs men

57% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Suffolk:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Chelmondiston · 0.1 km

    Chelmondiston is a small village and civil parish in Suffolk, England, located on the Shotley Peninsula, five miles south-east of Ipswich. The hamlet of Pin Mill lies within the parish on the south bank of the River O…

  • Pin Mill · 0.7 km

    Pin Mill is a hamlet on the south bank of the tidal River Orwell, in the civil parish of Chelmondiston, on the Shotley Peninsula, in the Babergh district, in southern Suffolk, England. It lies within the Suffolk Coast…

  • Orwell Estuary · 1.7 km

    Orwell Estuary is a 1,335.7 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest which stretches along the River Orwell and its banks between Felixstowe and Ipswich in Suffolk. It is part of the Stour and Orwell Est…

  • Woolverstone Hall School · 1.7 km

    Woolverstone Hall School was a secondary grammar boarding school. In the early 1950s the London County Council obtained use of Woolverstone Hall near Ipswich, Suffolk, and some 50 acres (200,000 m2) of adjoining lan…

  • Ipswich High School, Suffolk · 1.7 km

    Ipswich High School is an independent co-educational day and boarding school for pupils aged 3 to 18, based at Woolverstone Hall, near Ipswich, Suffolk, England. The school is set within 87 acres of parkland overlooki…

  • Woolverstone · 2.2 km

    Woolverstone is a small village and civil parish in Suffolk, England located on the Shotley peninsula. It is situated about 6.4 km (4.0 mi) south of Ipswich, near the southern shore of the River Orwell. In 2005 it had…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Chelmondiston?
Chelmondiston is a town in Suffolk, England, in the Babergh local authority.
What is the population of Chelmondiston?
Chelmondiston has an approximate settlement population of 938.
How deprived is Chelmondiston?
The Babergh local authority, which includes Chelmondiston, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.