Lowestoft

18°COvercast

• Today: 25° / 17° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:24Sunset 19:13

12h 49m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

371 reported · July 2026▲ 22% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences133
• Anti-social behaviour37
• Public order37
• Shoplifting35

Neighbourhood team: Harbour · Suffolk

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

328 reported road collisions (2024)

105 killed or seriously injured · 419 casualties · 13.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

432 food businesses within 2 miles

• 386 rated 4–5 ★ (331 top)
• 9 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

1 active warning/alert

• Flood alert: The tidal River Waveney from Ellingham to Breydon Water

Source: Environment Agency

• Nearest station: Lowestoft (0.2 km)
• 41 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£278,376 average▲ 1.2% YoY

Across East Suffolk · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£840 average monthly rent▲ 4.8% YoY

• 1 bed £602
• 2 bed £791
• 3 bed £938

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 163.9p · Morrisons (4.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Morrisons (4.1 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

13 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Suffolk Road-3 (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches8
• Playgrounds6

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)

Around the average in England

Ranked 158 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

7% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

101inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · East Suffolk

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

• In a conservation area (South Lowestoft)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 70 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

436 applications decided

92.7% granted · 404 granted, 32 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Jess Asato

Labour

Lowestoft

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)

• Schools10
• GPs & clinics5
• Pharmacies5
• Supermarkets7
• Parks & greens10
• Restaurants & cafés85

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

11,080 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

390 jobs advertised · £39,954 avg

e.g. Care Assistant - Bank - Care Home, Courier - Evri, Secondary Supply Teachers

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

46% low-carbon electricity

Gas 52% · Nuclear 27% · Biomass 11% · Wind 8%

219 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.7 yrs women · 81.3 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Lowestoft:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases450 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office381 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership331 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test294 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s262 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Lowestoft railway station · 0.2 km

  Lowestoft railway station serves the town of Lowestoft, Suffolk. It is the eastern terminus of the East Suffolk Line from Ipswich and is one of two eastern termini of the Wherry Lines from Norwich. Lowestoft is 23 mil…

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  Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Lowestoft · 0.2 km

  Our Lady Star of the Sea Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Lowestoft, Suffolk. It is situated on Gordon Road in the centre of the town. It was founded by the Diocese of Northampton in 1881 and it is now admi…

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  Mincarlo (trawler) · 0.4 km

  Mincarlo is the last surviving sidewinder fishing trawler of the Lowestoft fishing fleet. She is also the last surviving fishing vessel built in Lowestoft, with an engine made in the town.

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  Royal Norfolk and Suffolk Yacht Club · 0.4 km

  The Royal Norfolk and Suffolk Yacht Club is a private yacht club based in Lowestoft, Suffolk, England. It was founded on 16 April 1859 and the first club house was constructed in 1866 but was undersized. The current c…

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  Lowestoft Lifeboat Station · 0.4 km

  Lowestoft Lifeboat Station is located at the mouth of Lowestoft's outer harbour, on South Pier in Lowestoft, the most easterly settlement in the UK, and a port town on the coast of Suffolk.

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  South Pier, Lowestoft · 0.5 km

  South Pier is a leisure pier in Lowestoft, Suffolk, engineered by William Cubitt and opened in 1846 at a length of 1,320 feet (400 m). The pavilion was used by the Royal Naval Patrol Service as a headquarters during W…

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