Halesworth
Halesworth is a town in Suffolk, England, with a population of around 5,558. It has around 1 GP surgery, 2 pharmacies, and around 12 restaurants and cafés, along with 44 bus stops and Halesworth railway station 1.1 km away. The average sold house price is around £341,240, and there were around 25 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 Halesworth area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the East Suffolk area is around the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 246,058 residents at roughly 195 people per km².
- Council
- East Suffolk
- County
- Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal
- Police force
- Suffolk
My Area Score
Good
Ranked 46th of 294 English council areas — better than 84% of them.
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
11°CPatchy rain nearby
- Today: 11° / 9° · 20% rain
- Tomorrow: 11° / 8° · Sunny
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:55Sunset 16:19
9h 24m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
24US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom
Air pollution (PM2.5)
- 6.9 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
- 5.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution
Lower is better for both figures.
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024
Crime
16 reported · August 2026▼ 60% YoY
- Violence & sexual offences8
- Criminal damage & arson2
- Public order2
- Anti-social behaviour1
Neighbourhood team: Halesworth and Southwold · Suffolk
Local policing priorities
- Target Anti-social behaviour in the Halesworth, Southwold, Reydon & Wangford town centre and park areas.
- Targeted action is being taken against road traffic offenders whose behaviour presents a risk to the public, with officers conducting act…
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
385 reported road collisions (2025)
109 killed or seriously injured · 496 casualties · 15.6 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
45 food businesses within 2 miles
- 40 rated 4–5 ★ (29 top)
- 1 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Halesworth (0.2 km)
- 47 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Halesworth (0.2 km):
Loading live departures…
Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£277,949 average▼ 2.3% YoY
Across East Suffolk · to 2026-08
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£842 average monthly rent▲ 5.1% YoY
- 1 bed £603
- 2 bed £792
- 3 bed £940
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08
Affordability
7.8× house price to earnings
A typical home costs 7.8 times median annual pay (7.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).
Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025
Property sales
3,524 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
EV charging
4 charging locations within ~8 km
- Fastest nearby: 22 kW
- Nearest: Wissett Cottages (0.7 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports centres2
- Gyms1
- Swimming pools1
- Sports pitches19
- Golf courses1
- Playgrounds10
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
246,058 residents in East Suffolk · 195/km²
- Under 16: 16%
- 16–64: 56%
- 65+: 28%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Internal migration
- Moves in from elsewhere in the UK12,457
- Moves out to elsewhere in the UK10,339
- Net moves+2,118
Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025
Deprivation
Around the average in England
Ranked 138 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
8% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025
Council tax
£2,335 a year · Band D, 2026-27
Most homes here are Band B (25% of 122,720)
Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27
Schools
114 schools · 31,855 pupils
84 primary · 12 secondary · 18 other
Ofsted: 48 of 56 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (86%)
101 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)
Secondary schools:
- Farlingaye High SchoolGood
- Felixstowe SchoolGood
- Kesgrave High SchoolGood
- Pakefield High SchoolGood
- Thomas Mills High School & Sixth FormGood
- Alde Valley AcademyRequires improvement
- Beccles High SchoolRequires improvement
- Benjamin Britten Academy of Music and Mathematics
- Bungay High School
- East Point Academy
- Ormiston Denes Academy
- Sir John Leman High School
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · East 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 (Halesworth)
- Not in the Green Belt
- 127 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
472 applications decided
93% granted · 439 granted, 33 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2
Your MP
Adrian Ramsay
Green Party
Waveney Valley
Recent votes:
- AyeDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
- AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
- AyeDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
- AyeDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
Source: UK Parliament
Council control
Green / Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition
- Lab 11
- Con 15
- LD 9
- Grn 16
- Oth 4
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Schools2
- GPs & clinics2
- Pharmacies2
- Supermarkets1
- Parks & greens1
- Restaurants & cafés13
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
11,165 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Jobs
46 jobs advertised · £33,371 avg
e.g. Kitchen Assistant - Maternity Cover, Night Hygiene Operatives, Dispenser
Source: Adzuna
Local economy
£734 median full-time weekly pay
2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits
£25,540 disposable income per head (2024)
Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI
Energy efficiency
41% of homes rated EPC C or above
Most common band: D · 129,067 certificates
11.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)
Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty
Grid electricity
70% low-carbon electricity
Wind 40% · Gas 29% · Nuclear 20% · Biomass 10%
126 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity
Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO
Health
Life expectancy: 84.7 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men
Healthy life expectancy (Suffolk): 61.7 women · 62.1 men
70% of adults overweight or obese
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025
Wellbeing
- Life satisfaction7.8
- Feeling worthwhile8.1
- Happiness yesterday7.9
- Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.8
Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23
Health services
2 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in IP19
- Cutlers Hill Surgery
- C1 Esterase
Source: NHS Organisation Data Service
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Waveney Valley:
- Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks370 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
- Stop a single Minister having the final say on national infrastructure projects258 local signatures · 15,667 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases226 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
- Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills218 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
- Protect legal right to support for children with SEND202 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
The Cut (theatre) · 0.1 kmThe Cut Arts Centre is a theatre in the Suffolk town of Halesworth. It is a centre for arts in the community and offers music, theatre, dance, comedy, cinema, workshops and art exhibitions to the local area. It has a…
Halesworth railway station · 0.2 kmHalesworth railway station is on the East Suffolk Line in the east of England, serving the town of Halesworth, Suffolk. It is also the nearest station to the seaside town of Southwold. It is 31 miles 74 chains (51.4 k…
Blyth Navigation · 0.4 kmThe Blyth Navigation was a canal in Suffolk, England, running 7 miles (11 km) from Halesworth to the North Sea at Southwold. It opened in 1761, and was insolvent by 1884. Its demise was accelerated by an attempt to re…
Halesworth · 0.5 kmHalesworth is a market town, civil parish and electoral ward in north-eastern Suffolk, England. The population stood at 4,726 in the 2011 Census. It lies 15 miles (24 km) south-west of Lowestoft, on a tributary of the…
Holton, Suffolk · 1.5 kmHolton is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England, near the town of Halesworth, with a population of 832 in the 2011 Census. Holton is split into two parts – Upper Ho…
Holton Windmill · 1.6 kmHolton Windmill is a Grade II listed post mill at Holton, Suffolk, England which has been preserved as a landmark.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
Nearby towns
Frequently asked questions
- Where is Halesworth?
- Halesworth is a town in Suffolk, England, in the East Suffolk local authority.
- What is the population of Halesworth?
- Halesworth has an approximate settlement population of 5,558.
- How deprived is Halesworth?
- The East Suffolk local authority, which includes Halesworth, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.