Kesgrave

10°COvercast

• Today: 11° / 9° · 27% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 9° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:55Sunset 16:21

9h 26m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

42US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Stanford-le-Hope Roadside, United Kingdom

• 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

30 reported · August 2026▲ 100% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences16
• Criminal damage & arson3
• Public order3
• Anti-social behaviour2

Neighbourhood team: Kesgrave and Bixley · Suffolk

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

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)

126 food businesses within 2 miles

• 116 rated 4–5 ★ (112 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Derby Road (4.0 km)
• 29 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£277,949 average▼ 2.3% YoY

Across East Suffolk · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 134.8p · AppleGreen (2.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 141.8p · AppleGreen (2.8 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

44 charging locations within ~8 km

• 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Metro - Kesgrave (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools11
• Sports pitches23
• Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

246,058 residents in East Suffolk · 195/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 56%
• 65+: 28%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• 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

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

£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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · East 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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 4 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

472 applications decided

93% granted · 439 granted, 33 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Patrick Spencer

Conservative

Central Suffolk and North Ipswich

Source: UK Parliament

Green / Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

• Lab 11
• Con 15
• LD 9
• Grn 16
• Oth 4

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

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens67
• Restaurants & cafés8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

11,165 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

27 jobs advertised · £80,038 avg

e.g. One Stop - Shift Leader, Trainee Driving Instructor - Kesgrave, Suffolk, England, Domestic Cleaner for Private Domestic Properties

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

63% low-carbon electricity

Wind 41% · Gas 36% · Nuclear 14% · Biomass 7%

152 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

2 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in IP5

• Martlesham Surgery
• Embrace Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Central Suffolk and North Ipswich:

• Automatic extension for Non- Molestation order when it is breached280 local signatures · 10,314 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks268 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases242 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth200 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills189 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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  Kesgrave · 0.1 km

  Kesgrave is a town and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. The town is close to both Ipswich and Woodbridge. Its developed area was included within the ONS-defined Ipswich Built-up Area for…

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  Kesgrave High School · 0.6 km

  Kesgrave High School is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form with academy status in Kesgrave in the English county of Suffolk. The school has over 1800 pupils aged 11 to 18.

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  Sinks Valley, Kesgrave · 1.1 km

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  Foxhall Stadium · 1.3 km

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  Mill Stream Nature Reserve · 1.5 km

  Mill Stream Nature Reserve is a 4.7 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Rushmere St Andrew on the eastern outskirts of Ipswich in Suffolk. It is owned by East Suffolk District Council and managed by the council together w…

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  Ipswich Heaths · 1.5 km

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Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)