Newmarket

21°CLight rain shower

• Today: 23° / 17° · 53% rain
• Tomorrow: 26° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:28Sunset 19:20

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

9US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

126 reported · July 2026▲ 4% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences60
• Anti-social behaviour12
• Criminal damage & arson11
• Shoplifting11

Neighbourhood team: Newmarket · Suffolk

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

264 reported road collisions (2024)

87 killed or seriously injured · 357 casualties · 14.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

172 food businesses within 2 miles

• 147 rated 4–5 ★ (136 top)
• 9 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Newmarket (0.7 km)
• 42 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£296,879 average▲ 1.6% YoY

Across West Suffolk · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,179 average monthly rent▲ 3.9% YoY

• 1 bed £815
• 2 bed £1,057
• 3 bed £1,314

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

7.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.7 times median annual pay (8.4× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 171.9p · Asda (6.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 193.9p · Esso (8.8 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

16 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Kings Aparthotel (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres5
• Gyms2
• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches24
• Playgrounds15

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

179,948 residents in West Suffolk · 174/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 176 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,351 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (34% of 84,240)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

82 schools · 25,230 pupils

53 primary · 11 secondary · 18 other

Ofsted: 40 of 45 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

70inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · West 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
• 115 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

210 applications decided

93.3% granted · 196 granted, 14 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Nick Timothy

Conservative

West Suffolk

Source: UK Parliament

Labour / Independent / Green / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 15
• Con 23
• LD 1
• Grn 2
• Ref 3
• Oth 19

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

• Schools8
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens50
• Restaurants & cafés56

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,390 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

491 jobs advertised · £38,587 avg

e.g. Business Development Executive, Chef de Partie, Restaurant & Bar Manager

Source: Adzuna

£755 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,636 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

47% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 94,014 certificates

10.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

60% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 38% · Gas 32% · Wind 14% · Imports 8%

142 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.7 yrs men

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in West Suffolk:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership473 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office405 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s336 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test328 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance245 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide

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

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