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23 recorded sales · median £326,000 · Babergh
Babergh Council · Green / Independent / Liberal Democrat coalition 23/32 seats · 72% · OCD 2026
68/100
Good
AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating
£326k
median price
4.3
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
£326k
median sold price
10.6 yrs
of local pay to buy
47 min
London — fastest
1
rail stations
1
grammar school
56
schools total
4.3
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
165
Violence — most
7.3
NO₂ · WHO 10
2.2%
in a flood zone
128
green spaces
6.8
PM2.5 · WHO 5
242
eat & drink
50
shops
55.4%
gigabit
11
gyms & leisure
Tiles show street’s own prices; crime, schools, transport, health & amenities are shown for the wider area — each tab labels its source.
Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities
Sold price trend
£169,625 in 1998 → £480,000 in 2017
⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Babergh, clearly labelled.
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All figures, sources and dates
Prices2026-07-21
Affordability2025
Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2025 (control)
Crime2026-06
Deprivation2025
Census2021
Schools2026
Health2026/2025
Transport2026
Broadband2024-07
Environment2023–24
Ground checks2022–25
Heritage & planning2026
Amenities2026
Companies2026-07-01
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What does it cost? This street
A typical home here sells for £326,000. That's about 10.6× local earnings — around the 11.4× five-year average.
Sold price history
2017 · 2 sales
Median sold price · median of all 23 sales£326,000
HM Land Registry Price Paid
By property type
Too few sales by type to chart.
Typical home price compared with annual local pay10.6× · five-year average 11.4×
HM Land Registry, 12 months
Home ownership71%
Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021
Council tax£2,236
Babergh District Council£200
Suffolk County Council (incl. adult social care)£1,732
Police & Crime Commissioner£304
Council tax bands A–H
Band A£1,490
Band B£1,739
Band C£1,987
Band D (baseline)£2,236
Band E£2,733
Band F£3,229
Band G£3,726
Band H£4,471
Full-year charge for every band, derived from Band D at the statutory ratios (A = 6/9 of Band D … H = 18/9). MHCLG 2026/27.
Pick your band — the breakdown recalculates · MHCLG 2026/27 · hand-curated each April
Neighbourhood prices in Babergh how Polstead Hill compares · from Babergh
⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Chilton +29.1%
| Neighbourhood | Median price | 5-year change | Sales, 12m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chilton | £269,000 | +29.1% | 108 |
| Glemsford | £290,000 | +27.2% | 130 |
| Great Cornard | £255,000 | +12.8% | 206 |
| Pinebrook | £208,500 | +12% | 100 |
| Hadleigh | £294,500 | +11.2% | 340 |
Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months
Homes in Polstead Hill — sold prices
Filters
| Address | Type | Beds | EPC | Price | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Meadow Polstead Hill Polstead | Other | — | — | £850,000 | Mar 2022 |
| OAK COTTAGE POLSTEAD HILL | Detached | — | — | £490,500 | Apr 2021 |
| KINGS BANK POLSTEAD HILL | Semi-detached | — | — | £500,000 | Jun 2020 |
| TINKERS COTTAGE POLSTEAD HILL | Detached | — | — | £630,000 | Jun 2017 |
| School Cottage Polstead Hill Polstead | Detached | — | — | £330,000 | Mar 2017 |
| ROSE COTTAGE POLSTEAD HILL | Detached | — | — | £420,000 | May 2016 |
| Nutshell Cottage Polstead Hill Polstead | Detached | — | — | £245,000 | Dec 2014 |
| St. Marys House Polstead Hill Polstead | Detached | — | — | £615,000 | Sep 2014 |
| ROSEWOOD POLSTEAD HILL | Detached | — | — | £282,500 | Feb 2013 |
| Corders House Polstead Hill Polstead | Detached | — | — | £890,000 | Sep 2012 |
23 recent sales — showing 10 · Search & browse every home →
Type a street, address or postcode to narrow this list; clear to see the latest sales. Click any home → its full report (sale history, EPC, estimate). Beds inferred from floor area · HM Land Registry + EPC
How safe is it? from Babergh
Crime runs at 4.3 per 1,000 residents a month. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.
Crime rate
Per 1,000 / month4.3
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months
By category, 12 months from Babergh
Recorded crimes by category across the whole Babergh district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office
Where crime clusters
police.uk publishes anonymised "on or near" points, not named hotspots. The map above shows where they cluster, with the crime layer on.
Clusters of anonymised on-or-near markers, not addresses · police.uk
Who lives here? from Babergh
Population92,341
ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood
Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 6/10 · more deprived than in 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 55% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.
Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains
DEPRIVATION
IMD decile 6/10
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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 6/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — around the national average (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 55% of neighbourhoods in England are more deprived than this area. The scale runs 1 (most deprived 10%) to 10 (least deprived).
SINCE 2019Was IMD decile 7 in 2019 — has worsened since.
The seven things the index measures, each on the same 1–10 scale (higher = better). A low bar shows where the deprivation actually is.
Income
6.6/10
Employment
6.6/10
Education & skills
5.5/10
Health & disability
7.6/10
Crime
7.3/10
Housing & services
3.4/10
Living environment
5.8/10
Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025
Figures for the wider Babergh — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.
Employment rate · residents aged 16+56%
Unemployment · economically active residents4.2%
Degree-level (Level 4+)30%
Good or very good health82%
Own their home71%
Median age49
Born outside the UK6%
ONS Census 2021 · wider district
Schools This street
100% of the 7 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.
Ofsted
7 of 7 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 7 nearest inspected schools
of the 7 nearest inspected schools
GIAS + Ofsted · post-Sept-2024 inspections show "Inspected — see report"
Catchments
Likely-nearest catchment line per school where councils publish polygons; estimated by distance otherwise — always labelled which.
Council catchment polygons + GIAS
Nearest schools 18 nearest schools
AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery
| School | Phase | Ofsted | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| OneSchool Global UK Colchester Campus | All-through | — | 1.8 km |
| Stoke-by-Nayland Church of England Primary School | Primary | Good ('23) | 1.9 km |
| Boxford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School | Primary | Inspected '24 — see report | 3.6 km |
| Sunflowers Childcare C.I.C | Nursery | — | 3.6 km |
| Nayland Primary School | Primary | Good ('19) | 4.3 km |
| Woodland Corner | Nursery | Good ('21) | 4.4 km |
| Littlegarth School | Primary | — | 5.1 km |
| Hadleigh Community Primary School | Primary | Inspected '26 — see report | 5.5 km |
| The Playstation Preschool | Nursery | Good ('22) | 5.5 km |
| Kersey Church of England Primary School | Primary | Good ('24) | 5.7 km |
Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted
Health This street
1
nearest GP surgery · nearest 5.4 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
4
nearest dentists · nearest 4.3 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
2
nearest pharmacies · nearest 5.4 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies
AllGPsDentistsPharmacies
| Name | Type | CQC rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nayland Dental And Cosmetic Clinic | Dentist | — | 4.3 km |
| Hadleigh Health Centre | GP | Good ('18) | 5.4 km |
| Mill Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 5.4 km |
| Dental Surgery | Dentist | — | 5.4 km |
| Dental Surgery | Dentist | — | 5.4 km |
| Boots | Pharmacy | — | 5.5 km |
| 15 Meadows Way [Dental Practice] | Dentist | — | 5.7 km |
Nearest first · type to search, or filter by type · click a provider → its full page · NHS ODS + CQC · — = not CQC-rated (e.g. pharmacies)
Getting around from Babergh
5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 47 min from Colchester Rail Station.
Rail — 5 nearest stations
| Station | Distance | To London | Fastest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bures Rail Station | 6.1 mi | — | no direct train |
| Colchester Rail Station | 7.3 mi | London Liverpool Street | 47 min |
| Sudbury (Suffolk) Rail Station | 7.3 mi | — | no direct train |
| Manningtree Rail Station | 7.3 mi | London Liverpool Street | 56 min |
| Chappel & Wakes Colne Rail Station | 8.2 mi | — | no direct train |
Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Colchester Rail Station (47 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail
Travel to work
Census travel-to-work — how residents commute
EV charging17 points
Per 10,000 residents1.8
National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion
Environment from Babergh
Air quality
µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA
Ground checks
Surface water 1-in-1000.1%
Flood zone2.2% of postcodes
RadonAffected Area (up to 30–100%)
Historic landfill132 sites within ~1 km
EA · UKHSA/BGS · Mining Remediation Authority — indicative, not a property search
Transport noise (Defra)
Road & rail noise bands (≥55 / ≥65 dB Lden) are being added — not yet available for this area. They cover major sources only; "not mapped" ≠ "quiet".
Defra strategic noise mapping
Heritage & green space
Listed buildings3,017
Conservation areas28
Green belt0%
Green spaces128
Historic England · OS Open Greenspace
Amenities from Babergh
What's here
| Category | Count | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Eat & drink | 242 | 95% hygiene 4★+ (FSA) |
| Shops | 50 | supermarkets & convenience stores |
| Gyms, leisure & playgrounds | 11 | — |
| Green spaces & parks | 128 | filled areas on the map |
OSM + FSA
Broadband
% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations
Local economy from Babergh
Figures for the wider Babergh — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.
Unemployment rate4.2%
In work (employment rate)55.5%
Companies registered here5,642
New incorporations (12m)566
Property companies (SPVs)539
Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district