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Yoxford

Yoxford is a village in Suffolk, England, with a population of around 726. It has around 3 restaurants and cafés, 1 GP surgery, 10 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Darsham, 1.4 km away. In June 2026, there was around 1 recorded street crime, 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 Yoxford 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

20°COvercast

  • Today: 24° / 15° · 18% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 18° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:21Sunset 19:18

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Norwich Lakenfields, United Kingdom

Crime

3 reported · July 2026 40% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Drugs1
  • Other theft1

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

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

15 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 12 rated 4–5 ★ (11 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Darsham (1.4 km)
  • 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Darsham (1.3 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

5 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: PIS Yoxford (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches5
  • 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)

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

  • In a conservation area (Yoxford)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 50 listed buildings 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

Your MP

Jenny Riddell-Carpenter

Labour

Suffolk Coastal

Recent votes:

  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143

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

  • Schools1
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Parks & greens8
  • Restaurants & cafés6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

11,080 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

7 jobs advertised · £29,020 avg

e.g. Online Drums Tutor - Part Time, Online Drums Tutoring Job in Yoxford – Flexible Schedule, Event Staff

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

Grid electricity

81% low-carbon electricity

Wind 42% · Nuclear 23% · Gas 19% · Solar 9%

83 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

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

  • Cockfield Hall · 0.3 km

    Cockfield Hall in Yoxford in Suffolk, England is a Grade I listed private house standing in 76 acres (31 ha) of historic parkland, partly dating from the 16th century. Cockfield Hall takes its name from the Cokefeud F…

  • Yoxford · 0.4 km

    Yoxford is a village in East Suffolk, England, close to the Heritage Coast, Minsmere Reserve (RSPB), Aldeburgh and Southwold. It is known for its antique shops and for providing the setting for a Britten opera.

  • River Yox · 1.1 km

    The River Yox is a river in the English county of Suffolk. It flows from the west of Peasenhall through Sibton and Yoxford where it becomes the Minsmere River. The Yox was originally fordable at Yoxford where a modern…

  • Darsham railway station · 1.4 km

    Darsham railway station is on the East Suffolk Line in the east of England, serving the villages of Darsham and Yoxford, Suffolk, lying midway between the two communities. It is 26 miles 56 chains (43 km) down the lin…

  • Wilderness Reserve · 2.0 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 · 2.1 km

    Sibton 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)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Yoxford?
Yoxford is a town in Suffolk, England, in the East Suffolk local authority.
What is the population of Yoxford?
Yoxford has an approximate settlement population of 726.
How deprived is Yoxford?
The East Suffolk local authority, which includes Yoxford, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.