Haverhill

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• Today: 11° / 6° · 18% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:00Sunset 16:22

9h 22m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

57US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Stanford-le-Hope Roadside, 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

129 reported · August 2026▼ 17% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences53
• Criminal damage & arson21
• Anti-social behaviour14
• Public order13

Neighbourhood team: Haverhill Town - South and East · 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)

130 food businesses within 2 miles

• 111 rated 4–5 ★ (101 top)
• 8 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 68 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

4 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Ehringshausen Way Car Park (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches22
• Playgrounds15

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 (Haverhill Queen Street)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 33 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

Nick Timothy

Conservative

West Suffolk

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)

• Schools12
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies5
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens26
• Restaurants & cafés15

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,700 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

181 jobs advertised · £36,796 avg

e.g. Primary School Teacher, Production Operative, Support Manager - Theater Venues

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

78% low-carbon electricity

Wind 47% · Nuclear 21% · Gas 20% · Biomass 10%

91 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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

2 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in CB9

• Unity Healthcare
• Haverhill Family Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in West Suffolk:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth214 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks204 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND190 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills179 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK169 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

• Haverhill Arts Centre · 0.2 km

  Haverhill Arts Centre, formerly Haverhill Town Hall, is a former municipal building in the High Street in Haverhill, Suffolk, a town in England. The building, which is currently used as an events centre, is a Grade…

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  Haverhill, Suffolk · 0.3 km

  Haverhill is a market town and civil parish in the West Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England, next to the borders of Essex and Cambridgeshire. It lies about 14 miles (23 km) southeast of Cambridge and 4…

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  Haverhill railway station (England) · 0.4 km

  Haverhill railway station was a station in Haverhill, Suffolk, on the Stour Valley Railway, which opened in 1865 and closed in 1967. It was sometimes known as Haverhill North because of a separate station in the town…

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  Corn Exchange, Haverhill · 0.4 km

  The Corn Exchange is a commercial building in Withersfield Road in Haverhill, Suffolk, England. The structure, which is currently vacant and deteriorating, is a Grade II listed building.

• Haverhill South railway station · 0.4 km

  Haverhill South railway station was located in Haverhill, Suffolk. It was a terminus on the Colne Valley and Halstead Railway.

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  Haverhill Borough F.C. · 0.8 km

  Haverhill Borough Football Club is a football club based in Haverhill in England. They play at the New Croft.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)