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Holbrook (Babergh)

Holbrook (Babergh) is a village in Suffolk, England, with a population of around 1,200. It has around 3 restaurants and cafés, three bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Wrabness, 3.8 km away. There were around 8 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 Holbrook (Babergh) 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

22°CCloudy

  • Today: 24° / 15° · 23% rain
  • Tomorrow: 24° / 18° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:23Sunset 19:19

12h 56m 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 · Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom

Crime

No street-level crime recorded here.

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

18 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 17 rated 4–5 ★ (16 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Wrabness (3.8 km)
  • 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Wrabness (3.8 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 (10.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 141.8p · AppleGreen (10.5 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

17 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 360 kW
  • Nearest: PIS Stutton (2.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools7
  • Sports pitches19
  • Playgrounds4

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
  • 74 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

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 & greens9
  • Restaurants & cafés3

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

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

  • Royal Hospital School · 0.2 km

    The Royal Hospital School is a British co-educational fee-charging international boarding and day school with naval traditions. The school admits pupils aged 11 to 18 through Common Entrance or its own examination. Th…

  • Stutton, Suffolk · 1.5 km

    Stutton is a small village and a civil parish approximately seven miles south of Ipswich in Suffolk, United Kingdom, on the Shotley peninsula. The village has two pubs, a community shop, a primary school, a village ha…

  • Holbrook, Suffolk · 1.5 km

    Holbrook is a village situated close to the northern shore of the estuary of the River Stour, in Suffolk, England. It is located on the Shotley Peninsula in Babergh district, around 5 miles (8 km) south of the centre…

  • Alton Water · 1.6 km

    Alton Water is a manmade reservoir located on the Shotley peninsula. It is the largest in Suffolk, with a perimeter of over 8 miles (13 km).

  • Holbrook Academy, Suffolk · 2.0 km

    Holbrook Academy is a secondary school with academy status located in the village of Holbrook, 5 miles (8 km) south of Ipswich in the English county of Suffolk. It currently has about 580 students aged 11–16.

  • Harkstead · 2.3 km

    Harkstead is a village and civil parish in the county of Suffolk, England. The village is located on the northern bank of the River Stour estuary at Holbrook Bay, and is situated on the Shotley peninsula, around 7 mil…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Holbrook (Babergh)?
Holbrook (Babergh) is a town in Suffolk, England, in the Babergh local authority.
How deprived is Holbrook (Babergh)?
The Babergh local authority, which includes Holbrook (Babergh), is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.