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Wrentham

Wrentham is a village in Suffolk, England, with a population of around 830. It has around 1 restaurant or café, 10 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Mutford Thorpe, 7.5 km away. There were around 4 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 Wrentham 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
64/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 46th of 294 English council areas — better than 84% of them.

Low crime82
Home affordability58
Affordable rents85
Good schools38
Life expectancy68
Low deprivation47
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

11°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 12° / 10° · 45% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:49Sunset 16:24

9h 35m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

78US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

8 reported · August 2026▲ 167% YoY

  • Vehicle crime3
  • Criminal damage & arson2
  • Violence & sexual offences2
  • Drugs1

Neighbourhood team: Halesworth and Southwold · Suffolk

Local policing priorities

  • Target Anti-social behaviour in the Halesworth, Southwold, Reydon & Wangford town centre and park areas.
  • Targeted action is being taken against road traffic offenders whose behaviour presents a risk to the public, with officers conducting act…

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

6 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Mutford Thorpe (7.5 km)
  • 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Brampton (Suffolk) (8.6 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£277,949 average▼ 2.3% YoY

Across East Suffolk · to 2026-08

Detached£403,830
Semi-detached£265,470
Terraced£206,275
Flat£140,565

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 168.9p · ESSO (9.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 196.9p · Asda (11.1 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

8 charging locations within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 47 kW
  • Nearest: The Five Bells (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches4
  • Playgrounds1

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)

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%)

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

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 36 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:

  • NoOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
  • AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading
  • NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12
  • NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7

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

  • GPs & clinics1
  • Parks & greens1
  • Restaurants & cafés1

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

53% low-carbon electricity

Gas 45% · Nuclear 20% · Wind 20% · Biomass 13%

193 gCO₂/kWh · high 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

2 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in NR34

  • Beccles Medical Centre
  • Nhs Gyw Continence Service

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Suffolk Coastal:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Wrentham, Suffolk · 0.0 km

    Wrentham is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district, in the north-east of the English county of Suffolk. It is located about 2 miles (3.2 km) from the North Sea coast on the A12 trunk road, about 7 mil…

  • Old Town Hall, Wrentham · 0.2 km

    The Old Town Hall is a former municipal building in the High Street in Wrentham, Suffolk, England. The building, which was the meeting place of Wrentham Parish Council, is a Grade II listed building.

  • Wrentham Hall · 1.5 km

    Wrentham Hall was a large now-demolished Manor House to the north-west of the village of Wrentham, Suffolk, England and which stood on what is now Blackmoor Farm.

  • South Cove, Suffolk · 1.6 km

    South Cove is a civil parish in the east of the English county of Suffolk. It is 3 miles (4.8 km) north of the coastal town of Southwold and 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the village of Wrentham in the East Suffolk distric…

  • Frostenden · 2.1 km

    Frostenden is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of the English county of Suffolk. It is around 8 miles (13 km) south-west of Lowestoft and 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north-west of Southwold and lies on t…

  • Pakefield to Easton Bavents · 2.1 km

    Pakefield to Easton Bavents is a 735.4-hectare (1,817-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest which stretches along the Suffolk coast between Lowestoft and Southwold. It includes three Geol…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Wrentham?
Wrentham is a town in Suffolk, England, in the East Suffolk local authority.
What is the population of Wrentham?
Wrentham has an approximate settlement population of 830.
How deprived is Wrentham?
The East Suffolk local authority, which includes Wrentham, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.