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Clare

Clare is a village in Suffolk, England, with a population of around 2,028. It has around 1 GP surgery, 1 pharmacy, 1 supermarket, and around 7 restaurants and cafés, along with 8 bus stops. There were around 16 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly other theft. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Clare area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the West Suffolk area is around the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 179,948 residents at roughly 174 people per km².

Council
West Suffolk
County
Suffolk
Constituency
South Suffolk
Police force
Suffolk
69/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 26th of 294 English council areas — better than 91% of them.

Low crime93
Home affordability60
Affordable rents41
Good schools51
Life expectancy79
Low deprivation58
Employment74
Low council tax70

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

10°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 11° / 8° · 42% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:56Sunset 16:25

9h 29m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 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

Crime

7 reported · August 2026▲ 17% YoY

  • Criminal damage & arson2
  • Vehicle crime2
  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Haverhill Rural and Suffolk South West · Suffolk

Local policing priorities

  • Drug use and County Lines Dealing
  • Theft from motor vehicles

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

Road safety

288 reported road collisions (2025)

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

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

29 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Sudbury (Suffolk) (11.6 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£295,860 average▼ 0.5% YoY

Across West Suffolk · to 2026-08

Detached£449,670
Semi-detached£280,776
Terraced£231,512
Flat£145,376

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Property sales

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

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Swimming pools5
  • Sports pitches5
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

179,948 residents in West Suffolk · 174/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • 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

Deprivation

Around the average in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,351 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,568
B £1,829
C £2,090
D £2,351
E £2,874
F £3,397
G £3,919
H £4,703

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Bury St Edmunds County High SchoolGood
  • Newmarket AcademyGood
  • Samuel Ward AcademyGood
  • Stour Valley Community SchoolGood
  • Sybil Andrews AcademyGood
  • Breckland School
  • Castle Manor Academy
  • Ixworth High School
  • King Edward VI CEVC School
  • Mildenhall College Academy
  • St Benedict's Catholic School

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

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

260 applications decided

95% granted · 247 granted, 13 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Nick Timothy

Conservative

West Suffolk

Recent votes:

  • NoWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • NoDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
  • NoDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

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)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools3
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens3
  • Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,700 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

3 jobs advertised · £21,550 avg

e.g. Pcn Gp, Trainee Driving Instructor - Clare, Suffolk, England, AVON Representatives wanted in Clare, Suffolk, England – start today

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

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

Health

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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Health services

5 GP surgeries · 10 pharmacies in CO10

  • Hardwicke House Group Practice
  • Glemsford Surgery
  • Siam Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in West Suffolk:

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

Notable places nearby

  • St Peter and St Paul's Church, Clare · 0.1 km

    St Peter and St Paul's Church, Clare is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Clare, Suffolk. It is one of the largest in East Anglia, and is included by Simon Jenkins in his 2009 book England's T…

  • Clare, Suffolk · 0.1 km

    Clare is a market town and civil parish on the north bank of the River Stour in the West Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. Clare is in southwest Suffolk, 14 miles (23 km) from Bury St Edmunds and 9…

  • Ancient House, Clare · 0.1 km

    The Ancient House is a medieval timber-framed and partly pargeted building located in Clare in Suffolk, England. It is a Grade I listed building.

  • Clare Town Hall, Suffolk · 0.2 km

    Clare Town Hall is a municipal building in the town of Clare, Suffolk, in England. The building is currently used as a community events venue.

  • Clare Castle · 0.3 km

    Clare Castle is a high-mounted ruinous medieval castle in the parish and former manor of Clare in Suffolk, England, anciently the caput of a feudal barony. It was built shortly after the Norman Conquest of England in…

  • Clare Castle Country Park · 0.3 km

    Clare Castle Country Park in Suffolk, England, was created around the ruins of Clare Castle and incorporates the now defunct Clare railway station on the Colchester to Cambridge branch of the Great Eastern Railway.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Clare?
Clare is a town in Suffolk, England, in the West Suffolk local authority.
What is the population of Clare?
Clare has an approximate settlement population of 2,028.
How deprived is Clare?
The West Suffolk local authority, which includes Clare, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.