Peasenhall
Peasenhall is a village in Suffolk, England, with a population of around 517. It has around 3 restaurants and cafés, 6 bus stops, the nearest railway station is Darsham, 4.7 km away, and there were around 2 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Peasenhall area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the East Suffolk area is around the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 246,058 residents at roughly 195 people per km².
- Council
- East Suffolk
- County
- Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal
- Police force
- Suffolk
My Area Score
Good
Ranked 46th of 294 English council areas — better than 84% of them.
A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology
Weather
10°COvercast
- Today: 11° / 8° · 13% rain
- Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Overcast
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:57Sunset 16:18
9h 21m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
20US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: ozone
Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom
Air pollution (PM2.5)
- 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
Crime
1 reported · August 2026
- Violence & sexual offences1
Neighbourhood team: Framlingham and Yoxford · Suffolk
Local policing priorities
- Target Anti-social behaviour around Framlingham.
- Officers are proactively targeting speeding and driving offences through enforcement patrols and the use of speed detection equipment.
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
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)
Food hygiene
7 food businesses within 2 miles
- 5 rated 4–5 ★ (5 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Darsham (4.7 km)
- 6 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Darsham (4.6 km):
Loading live departures…
Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£277,949 average▼ 2.3% YoY
Across East Suffolk · to 2026-08
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£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
Affordability
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
Property sales
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
EV charging
5 charging locations within ~8 km
- 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 50 kW
- Nearest: PIS Yoxford (3.7 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Swimming pools2
- Sports pitches6
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
246,058 residents in East Suffolk · 195/km²
- Under 16: 16%
- 16–64: 56%
- 65+: 28%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Internal migration
- 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
Deprivation
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
Council tax
£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
Schools
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)
Secondary schools:
- Farlingaye High SchoolGood
- Felixstowe SchoolGood
- Kesgrave High SchoolGood
- Pakefield High SchoolGood
- Thomas Mills High School & Sixth FormGood
- Alde Valley AcademyRequires improvement
- Beccles High SchoolRequires improvement
- Benjamin Britten Academy of Music and Mathematics
- Bungay High School
- East Point Academy
- Ormiston Denes Academy
- Sir John Leman High School
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · East Suffolk
Care & health services
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
Heritage & planning
- In a conservation area (Peasenhall (with part of Sibton))
- Not in the Green Belt
- 50 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
472 applications decided
93% granted · 439 granted, 33 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2
Your MP
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter
Labour
Suffolk Coastal
Recent votes:
- AyeBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
- AyeBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
- AyeBudget Resolution No. 55: Value added tax (electric vehicle charging)
- AyeBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas
Source: UK Parliament
Council control
Green / Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition
- Lab 11
- Con 15
- LD 9
- Grn 16
- Oth 4
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Parks & greens1
- Restaurants & cafés3
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
11,165 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Local economy
£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
Energy efficiency
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
Grid electricity
80% low-carbon electricity
Wind 47% · Nuclear 21% · Gas 19% · Biomass 11%
88 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity
Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO
Health
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
Wellbeing
- 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
Health services
1 GP surgery · 1 pharmacy in IP17
- Saxmundham Health Centre
Source: NHS Organisation Data Service
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Suffolk Coastal:
- Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks397 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases261 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
- Protect legal right to support for children with SEND163 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
- Stop a single Minister having the final say on national infrastructure projects163 local signatures · 15,667 nationwide
- Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills161 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
The Ancient House, Peasenhall · 0.2 kmThe Ancient House is a Grade II* listed house in Peasenhall, Suffolk, England. The house is timber-framed and dates from the mid-sixteenth century with an eighteenth-century facade. It was extensively altered in the l…
Peasenhall · 0.7 kmPeasenhall is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district, in the English county of Suffolk. The population of the civil parish at the 2021 Census was 525. It lies on the A1120 tourist route; neighbouring…
Sibton Abbey · 0.9 kmSibton Abbey, an early Cistercian abbey located in Sibton near Yoxford, Suffolk, was founded about 1150 by William de Chesney, High Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk. The Abbey is a daughter house of Warden Abbey, near B…
Sibton · 0.9 kmSibton is a village and civil parish on the A1120 road, in the East Suffolk district, in the English county of Suffolk. It is near the towns of Saxmundham and Halesworth, the village of Peasenhall and the hamlet of Si…
- Wilderness Reserve · 1.9 km
Wilderness Reserve is a private estate of 8,000 acres (3,200 ha) in Suffolk's Yox Valley assembled by Jon Hunt since 1995 incorporating estates of Sibton Park, 4,500 acres (1,800 ha), Heveningham Hall, 467 acres (18…
Sibton Park · 1.9 kmSibton Park is a Grade II* listed country house in Sibton, Suffolk, England. It was built in 1827 by Decimus Burton and is now part of the 5,000 acre Wilderness Reserve and owned by Jon Hunt.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Peasenhall?
- Peasenhall is a town in Suffolk, England, in the East Suffolk local authority.
- What is the population of Peasenhall?
- Peasenhall has an approximate settlement population of 517.
- How deprived is Peasenhall?
- The East Suffolk local authority, which includes Peasenhall, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.