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Fornham All Saints

Fornham All Saints is a village in Suffolk, England. It has five restaurants and cafés, 5 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Bury St Edmunds, 2.7 km away. There were around 34 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 Fornham All Saints area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the West Suffolk area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 179,948 residents at roughly 174 people per km².

Council
West Suffolk
County
Suffolk
Constituency
Bury St Edmunds
Police force
Suffolk
69/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 27th of 294 English council areas — better than 91% of them.

Low crime93
Home affordability60
Affordable rents41
Good schools51
Life expectancy80
Low deprivation55
Employment72
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

21°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 22° / 17° · 77% rain
  • Tomorrow: 25° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:26Sunset 19:19

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

Crime

30 reported · July 2026 3% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences14
  • Anti-social behaviour3
  • Criminal damage & arson3
  • Other theft3

Neighbourhood team: Bury St Edmunds Rural North · Suffolk

Local policing priorities

  • Over the past few months there has been a growing number of reports regarding youth related anti-social behaviour in Barningham and Stant…
  • In the last fortnight there has been a steady increase in theft from motor vehicles in rural areas where vans have been broken into and p…

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

Road safety

264 reported road collisions (2024)

87 killed or seriously injured · 357 casualties · 14.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

93 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 81 rated 4–5 ★ (77 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Bury St Edmunds (2.7 km)
  • 5 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Bury St Edmunds (2.7 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£296,879 average 1.6% YoY

Across West Suffolk · to 2026-06

Detached£452,809
Semi-detached£281,843
Terraced£231,019
Flat£146,457

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,179 average monthly rent 3.9% YoY

  • 1 bed £815
  • 2 bed £1,057
  • 3 bed £1,314

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

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 135.9p · BP (7.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 143.9p · BP (7.3 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

31 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Marshalls Nissan (1.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Gyms1
  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches6
  • Golf courses2
  • Playgrounds5

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)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 176 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

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 · 25,230 pupils

53 primary · 11 secondary · 18 other

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

70inspected 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

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 (Fornham All Saints)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 54 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

210 applications decided

93.3% granted · 196 granted, 14 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Dr Peter Prinsley

Labour

Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoMotion to sit in private
  • AyeRepresentation of the People Bill: Third Reading

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour / Independent / Green / Liberal Democrat coalition

  • Lab 15
  • Con 23
  • LD 1
  • Grn 2
  • Ref 3
  • Oth 19

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • Parks & greens38
  • Restaurants & cafés8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,390 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

43 jobs advertised · £45,214 avg

e.g. Online Art History Tutor - Part Time, Lecturer in Construction Management, Become a Swimming Tutor in Fornham All Saints – Flexible & Remote

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

56% low-carbon electricity

Gas 42% · Nuclear 23% · Solar 22% · Biomass 6%

173 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.7 yrs 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

Local petitions

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

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

Notable places nearby

  • Fornham All Saints · 0.2 km

    Fornham All Saints is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England in the West Suffolk district. It is north-northwest of the town of Bury St Edmunds and 500 m west of Fornham St Genevieve. Fornham All Saints is one…

  • NatWest East Anglian Open · 0.4 km

    The East Anglian Open was a women's professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour held in England. It was held in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, East Anglia.

  • Fornham Hall · 1.0 km

    Fornham Hall was a large 18th-century country house near Bury St Edmunds. It was demolished in 1957. The Estate included manorial land is part of the parish of Fornham St Genevieve.

  • Fornham St Genevieve · 1.3 km

    Fornham St Genevieve is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. It is one of a trio of contiguous villages by the River Lark. The other villages are Fornham All Saints an…

  • Fornham St Martin · 1.6 km

    Fornham St Martin is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. The village is located on the northern outskirts of Bury St Edmunds off east and west from the A134; in 2005…

  • Hengrave · 1.6 km

    Hengrave is a small village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. It is to the North of the town of Bury St Edmunds along the A1101 road. It is surrounded by the parishes of…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Fornham All Saints?
Fornham All Saints is a town in Suffolk, England, in the West Suffolk local authority.
How deprived is Fornham All Saints?
The West Suffolk local authority, which includes Fornham All Saints, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.