Stradbroke
Stradbroke is a village in Suffolk, England, with a population of around 1,089. It has 8 bus stops and there were around 6 recorded street crimes 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 Stradbroke area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the Mid Suffolk area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 102,695 residents at roughly 118 people per km².
- Council
- Mid Suffolk
- County
- Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
- Police force
- Suffolk
My Area Score
Excellent
Ranked 14th of 294 English council areas — better than 95% of them.
A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. Scored on 80% of the full weighting — some data isn't available here. See the rankings · methodology
Weather
9°CPatchy rain nearby
- Today: 13° / 9° · 57% rain
- Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:54Sunset 16:22
9h 28m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
18US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: ozone
Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom
Air pollution (PM2.5)
- 7.0 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
7 reported · August 2026
- Violence & sexual offences4
- Anti-social behaviour1
- Criminal damage & arson1
- Shoplifting1
Neighbourhood team: Debenham and Eye · Suffolk
Local policing priorities
- Anti-social behaviour to include behaviour of vehicle users
- Targeting overnight offences within the rural community.
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
163 reported road collisions (2025)
43 killed or seriously injured · 205 casualties · 15.9 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
14 food businesses within 2 miles
- 10 rated 4–5 ★ (10 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- 8 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Diss (11.8 km):
Loading live departures…
Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£317,979 average▲ 5.3% YoY
Across Mid Suffolk · to 2026-08
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£1,005 average monthly rent▲ 6.3% YoY
- 1 bed £721
- 2 bed £922
- 3 bed £1,122
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08
Affordability
8.0× house price to earnings
A typical home costs 8.0 times median annual pay (8.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).
Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025
Property sales
1,688 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
2 charging locations within ~8 km
- Fastest nearby: 7 kW
- Nearest: PIS Wilby VH (2.3 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports centres1
- Sports pitches5
- Playgrounds2
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
102,695 residents in Mid Suffolk · 118/km²
- Under 16: 16%
- 16–64: 59%
- 65+: 25%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Internal migration
- Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,046
- Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,506
- Net moves+2,540
Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025
Deprivation
Less deprived than the average in England
Ranked 191 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025
Council tax
£2,317 a year · Band D, 2026-27
Most homes here are Band B (27% of 50,370)
Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27
Schools
57 schools · 14,148 pupils
46 primary · 7 secondary · 4 other
Ofsted: 18 of 20 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (90%)
54 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)
Secondary schools:
- Debenham High SchoolGood
- Stowupland High SchoolRequires improvement
- Claydon High School
- Hartismere School
- Stowmarket High School
- Stradbroke High School
- Thurston Community College
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Mid 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
- Not in the Green Belt
- 57 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
231 applications decided
91.8% granted · 212 granted, 19 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2
Your MP
Adrian Ramsay
Green Party
Waveney Valley
Recent votes:
- AyeDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
- AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
- AyeDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
- AyeDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
Source: UK Parliament
Council control
Green majority
- Con 3
- LD 4
- Grn 23
- Oth 4
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Schools2
- GPs & clinics1
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
5,625 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Jobs
3 jobs advertised · £26,059 avg
e.g. Administration Officer, 1-to-1 Learning Support Assistant
Source: Adzuna
Local economy
£764 median full-time weekly pay
2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits
£26,233 disposable income per head (2024)
Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI
Energy efficiency
47% of homes rated EPC C or above
Most common band: D · 49,211 certificates
10.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)
Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty
Grid electricity
83% low-carbon electricity
Wind 51% · Nuclear 20% · Gas 16% · Biomass 11%
77 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity
Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO
Health
Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 82.6 yrs men
Healthy life expectancy (Suffolk): 61.7 women · 62.1 men
63% of adults overweight or obese
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025
Wellbeing
- Life satisfaction8.0
- Feeling worthwhile8.0
- Happiness yesterday7.7
- Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.7
Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23
Health services
2 GP surgeries · 0 pharmacies in IP21
- Church Hill Surgery
- Fressingfield Medical Centre
Source: NHS Organisation Data Service
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Waveney Valley:
- Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks370 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
- Stop a single Minister having the final say on national infrastructure projects258 local signatures · 15,667 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases226 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
- Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills218 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
- Protect legal right to support for children with SEND202 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
Stradbroke · 0.2 kmStradbroke is an English village in the Mid Suffolk district of the county of Suffolk. The census of 2011 gave the parish a population of 1,408, with an estimate of 1,513 in 2018.
- Stradbroke High School · 0.4 km
Stradbroke High School is a secondary school with academy status for 11- to 16-year-olds in the village of Stradbroke in the English county of Suffolk. Founded in 1953 as a secondary modern school on the edge of the v…
Stradisphere Festival · 0.4 kmStradisphere Festival was an annual music festival held in Stradbroke, Suffolk, England, in July. It celebrated its 5th year in 2018 with headliners Badly Drawn Boy and Sam and the Womp.
- Stradbroke railway station · 1.0 km
Stradbroke railway station was a station located in Stradbroke, Suffolk, England. It was on the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway between Horham and Wilby. Stradbroke Station opened on 29 September 1908, and closed on 28 July…
Hoxne Rural District · 2.1 kmHoxne Rural District was a rural district within the administrative county of East Suffolk between 1894 and 1934. It was created out of the earlier Hoxne rural sanitary district. It was named after the historic hundre…
Horham · 2.1 kmHorham is a village in the county of Suffolk, in the East Anglia region of eastern England, United Kingdom. Horham is located approximately halfway between Norwich and Ipswich, and also approximately halfway between E…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Stradbroke?
- Stradbroke is a town in Suffolk, England, in the Mid Suffolk local authority.
- What is the population of Stradbroke?
- Stradbroke has an approximate settlement population of 1,089.
- How deprived is Stradbroke?
- The Mid Suffolk local authority, which includes Stradbroke, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.