Lowestoft

11°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 11° · 25% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 10° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:54Sunset 16:18

9h 24m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, 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

319 reported · August 2026▲ 2% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences134
• Criminal damage & arson48
• Anti-social behaviour40
• Shoplifting27

Neighbourhood team: Harbour · 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)

414 food businesses within 2 miles

• 384 rated 4–5 ★ (327 top)
• 8 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Lowestoft (0.2 km)
• 41 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: 167.9p · ESSO (3.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 196.9p · Asda (0.5 km)

3 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)

• 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

• In a conservation area (South Lowestoft)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 70 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

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)

11,165 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

330 jobs advertised · £40,274 avg

e.g. Associate IT Director, Carpenter (Self-Employed), Admin Assistant - Bank - Care Home

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

69% low-carbon electricity

Wind 40% · Gas 30% · Nuclear 19% · Biomass 10%

129 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

11 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in NR32

• Alexandra & Crestview Surgeries
• Bridge Road Surgery
• High Street Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Lowestoft:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases455 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth250 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks179 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND147 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately134 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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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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