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Sizewell

Sizewell is a town or village in Suffolk, England. There were around 1 recorded street crime in June 2026, most commonly violence and sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Sizewell area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the East Suffolk area is around the average in England (IoD2019). 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
65/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 43rd of 294 English council areas — better than 85% of them.

Low crime83
Home affordability58
Affordable rents84
Good schools38
Life expectancy70
Low deprivation50
Employment62
Low council tax74

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

21°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 22° / 14° · 45% rain
  • Tomorrow: 24° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:19Sunset 19:20

13h 0m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

Crime

No street-level crime recorded here.

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

50 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 42 rated 4–5 ★ (38 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

1 active warning/alert

  • Flood alert: The tidal Deben estuary

Source: Environment Agency

Buses & trains

  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Saxmundham (8.7 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£278,376 average 1.2% YoY

Across East Suffolk · to 2026-06

Detached£405,565
Semi-detached£265,776
Terraced£205,795
Flat£140,660

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

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

EV charging

3 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Co-Op (2.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches1

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)

Deprivation

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

Council tax

£2,335 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (25% of 122,720)

A £1,557
B £1,816
C £2,075
D £2,335
E £2,854
F £3,372
G £3,891
H £4,670

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%)

101inspected 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

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

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 1 listed building within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

436 applications decided

92.7% granted · 404 granted, 32 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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

  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

11,080 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

41 jobs advertised · £58,830 avg

e.g. Organisational Learning Co-ordinator, CSCS Skilled Operative, Park & Ride Security Officer - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

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

Health

Life expectancy: 84.7 yrs women · 81.3 yrs 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Suffolk Coastal:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths National Landscape · 0.4 km

    The Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths National Landscape is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Suffolk and Essex, England.

  • Sizewell C nuclear power station · 0.6 km

    The Sizewell C nuclear power station is a project to construct an addition to the existing nuclear power station at Sizewell, Suffolk, England. It will involve a 3,200 MWe nuclear power station with two EPR reactors.…

  • Sizewell · 0.8 km

    Sizewell is an English fishing hamlet in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. It belongs to the civil parish of Leiston and lies on the North Sea coast just north of the larger holiday village of Thorpeness,…

  • Sizewell Belts · 0.9 km

    Sizewell Marshes form a 260-acre biological Site of Special Scientific Interest adjacent to Sizewell in Suffolk. It is in the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and is part of a 356-acre (144…

  • Sizewell Hall · 1.5 km

    Sizewell Hall houses a Christian conference centre in Sizewell on the Suffolk coast, England. The estate is owned by the Ogilvie family. Back in the 1950s it housed a progressive school for 7–13s. It has historical…

  • Alde Valley Academy · 2.5 km

    Alde Valley Academy is a secondary school with academy status in Leiston in the English county of Suffolk. It has approximately 500 pupils aged 11 to 16, and a staff count of approximately 82. It draws pupils from the…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Sizewell?
Sizewell is a town in Suffolk, England, in the East Suffolk local authority.
How deprived is Sizewell?
The East Suffolk local authority, which includes Sizewell, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.