Melton

22°COvercast

• Today: 23° / 16° · 59% rain
• Tomorrow: 26° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:24Sunset 19:16

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

13 reported · July 2026▲ 63% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences4
• Anti-social behaviour2
• Burglary2
• Criminal damage & arson2

Neighbourhood team: Deben and Orford · 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)

116 food businesses within 2 miles

• 102 rated 4–5 ★ (95 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Melton (1.5 km)
• 6 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: 134.8p · AppleGreen (11.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 141.8p · AppleGreen (11.3 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

16 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: Ufford Park Hotel & Spa (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools13
• Sports pitches13
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds3

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 52 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

Jenny Riddell-Carpenter

Labour

Suffolk Coastal

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)

• Schools1
• Parks & greens5
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

11,080 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

20 jobs advertised · £42,781 avg

e.g. Area Manager, Online Primary school Tutoring Job in Melton – Flexible Schedule, Online Art History Tutoring Job in Melton – Flexible Schedule

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

60% low-carbon electricity

Gas 34% · Nuclear 33% · Wind 15% · Imports 6%

146 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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 Suffolk Coastal:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership384 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership322 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office296 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases260 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test244 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  St Audry's Hospital · 0.1 km

  St Audry's Hospital was a psychiatric hospital in Melton, Suffolk, England.

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  Foxburrow Farm · 1.0 km

  Foxburrow Farm is a 67 hectare nature reserve north of Melton in Suffolk. It is managed by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust.

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  Ufford, Suffolk · 1.3 km

  Ufford is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. Its population of 808 at the 2001 census rose to 948 at the 2011 Census and was estimated at 1,008 in 2019. The village lies 2 miles (3.2 km) south-south-west…

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  Melton, Suffolk · 1.3 km

  Melton is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district, in Suffolk, England, located approximately one mile northeast of Woodbridge. The 2001 census recorded a population of 3,718, the population increasing…

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  Melton railway station (Suffolk) · 1.6 km

  Melton railway station is on the East Suffolk Line in the east of England, serving the village of Melton, Suffolk. It is 11 miles 49 chains (18.7 km) down the line from Ipswich and 80 miles 28 chains (129.3 km) measur…

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  Hutchison's Meadow · 1.7 km

  Hutchison's Meadow is a one hectare nature reserve in Melton in Suffolk. It is owned and managed by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)