Sproughton

17°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 25° / 17° · 38% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 14° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:15

12h 48m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

16 reported · July 2026▲ 7% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences10
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Bicycle theft1
• Drugs1

Neighbourhood team: Claydon, Copdock and Peninsula · Suffolk

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

162 reported road collisions (2024)

46 killed or seriously injured · 208 casualties · 17.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

219 food businesses within 2 miles

• 207 rated 4–5 ★ (197 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Ipswich (3.6 km)
• 12 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£328,612 average▲ 1.9% YoY

Across Babergh · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£968 average monthly rent▲ 3.9% YoY

• 1 bed £719
• 2 bed £919
• 3 bed £1,113

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

10.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.6 times median annual pay (10.3× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 134.8p · AppleGreen (6.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 141.8p · AppleGreen (6.9 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

41 charging locations within ~8 km

• 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: Morrisons Ipswich (1.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools6
• Sports pitches8
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

92,345 residents in Babergh · 156/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 57%
• 65+: 27%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 212 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,342 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (28% of 44,270)

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

56 schools · 14,984 pupils

38 primary · 5 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 22 of 24 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

46inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Babergh

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
• 26 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

162 applications decided

88.9% granted · 144 granted, 18 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

James Cartlidge

Conservative

South Suffolk

Source: UK Parliament

Green / Independent / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 1
• Con 6
• LD 4
• Grn 10
• Ref 2
• Oth 9

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

• Schools3
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens5
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,690 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

36 jobs advertised · £18,041 avg

e.g. Become a Psychology Tutor in Sproughton – Flexible & Remote, Become a Accounting Tutor in Sproughton – Flexible & Remote, Become a Guitar Tutor in Sproughton – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

£682 median full-time weekly pay

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

£27,849 disposable income per head (2024)

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

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 43,181 certificates

11.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

49% low-carbon electricity

Gas 50% · Nuclear 27% · Wind 12% · Biomass 10%

207 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 82.4 yrs men

57% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.8
• 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 South Suffolk:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership402 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office359 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership315 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test297 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Automatic extension for Non- Molestation order when it is breached225 local signatures · 9,831 nationwide

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

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  Sproughton · 0.1 km

  Sproughton is a village in Suffolk, England, just to the west of Ipswich and is in the Babergh administrative district. It has a church, a primary school, a pub, a community shop and various groups. It is in the Belst…

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  Bramford · 1.4 km

  Bramford is a village in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. It is three miles west of Ipswich of which it forms part of the wider Ipswich Built-up area. It was recorded in the Domesday Book as "Brunfort" or…

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  Bramford Meadows · 1.7 km

  Bramford Meadows is a nine hectare Local Nature Reserve in Bramford, on the western outskirts of Ipswich in Suffolk. It is owned by Bramford Parish Council and managed by Bramford Openspaces Ltd.

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  Chantry Park · 1.7 km

  Chantry Park is a park located west of Ipswich town centre, in the Ipswich district, in the county of Suffolk, England. It is the largest park in Ipswich and extends over 124 acres. Chantry Park was opened to the publ…

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  Bramford railway station · 1.7 km

  Bramford railway station refers to the two stations located in Bramford, Suffolk.

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  Whitehouse Ward, Ipswich · 2.2 km

  Whitehouse Ward is a ward in the North West Area of the town and district of Ipswich in the English county of Suffolk. It returns three councillors to Ipswich Borough Council.

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