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Brown Street

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18 recorded sales · median £395,000 · Mid Suffolk

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Mid Suffolk Council · Green-controlled 23/34 seats · 68% · OCD 2026

Overview Valuation Safety Who lives here Schools Health Getting around Environment Amenities & economy

68/100

Good

AcreRight area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£395k

median price

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£395k

median sold price

8 yrs

of local pay to buy

66 min

London — fastest

rail stations

grammar school

schools total

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

189

Violence — most

6.7

NO₂ · WHO 10

2.4%

in a flood zone

298

green spaces

6.9

PM2.5 · WHO 5

180

eat & drink

shops

46.2%

gigabit

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

£156,000 in 2002 → £965,000 in 2023

⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider Mid Suffolk, 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 £395,000. That's about 8× local earnings — around the 9.6× five-year average.

Sold price history

2023 · 2 sales

Median sold price · median of all 18 sales£395,000

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay8× · five-year average 9.6×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Home ownership74%

Owned outright

43%

With a mortgage

31%

Private rented

14%

Social rented

11%

Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021

Council tax£2,216

Your band:

Mid Suffolk District Council£180

Suffolk County Council (incl. adult social care)£1,732

Police & Crime Commissioner£304

Council tax bands A–H

Band A£1,478

Band B£1,724

Band C£1,970

Band D (baseline)£2,216

Band E£2,709

Band F£3,202

Band G£3,694

Band H£4,433

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 Mid Suffolk how Brown Street compares · from Mid Suffolk

⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Claydon +32.6%

Neighbourhood	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Claydon	£275,000	+32.6%	157
Stowmarket	£255,000	+18.2%	588
Combs Ford	£240,000	+16.9%	134
Needham Market	£232,000	+13.6%	175
Bramford	£320,000	+4.7%	113
Elmswell	£280,000	-6.5%	162

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 Brown Street — sold prices

Filters

Address	Type	Beds	EPC	Price	Date
Brown Street Farm Brown Street Old Newton	Other	—	—	£1,090,000	Oct 2025
The Oaks Brown Street Old Newton	Detached	—	—	£855,000	Oct 2023
Mayhews Farm Brown Street Old Newton	Detached	—	—	£1,075,000	Oct 2023
Hodges Brown Street Old Newton	Semi-detached	—	—	£390,000	Sep 2020
Orchard House Brown Street Old Newton	Detached	—	—	£701,500	Aug 2020
THE NEATHOUSE BROWN STREET	Detached	—	—	£625,000	Jan 2018
1 Farfield Brown Street Old Newton	Semi-detached	—	—	£295,000	May 2017
Old Clamp House Brown Street Old Newton	Detached	—	—	£650,000	Jul 2011
The Oaks Brown Street Old Newton	Detached	—	—	£480,000	Jan 2010
Brown Street Farm Brown Street Old Newton	Detached	—	—	£795,000	Sep 2009
Old Clamp House Brown Street Old Newton	Detached	—	—	£577,500	Jun 2006
ROSEBANK BROWN STREET	Semi-detached	—	—	£249,500	Aug 2005
The Hawthorns Brown Street Old Newton	Detached	—	—	£395,000	Jul 2005
FARFIELD, 2 BROWN STREET	Semi-detached	—	—	£120,000	Jul 2002
Hodges Brown Street Old Newton	Semi-detached	—	—	£192,000	Mar 2002
Sherwood Brown Street Old Newton	Detached	—	—	£40,000	Jan 2001
Hodges Brown Street Old Newton	Semi-detached	—	—	£120,000	Aug 1999
HOPE COTTAGE BROWN STREET	Detached	—	—	£81,000	Jul 1997

Show all sales ↓

18 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 Mid Suffolk

Crime runs at 4 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

Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months from Mid Suffolk

Violence & sexual offences

189

Anti-social behaviour

Public order

Criminal damage & arson

Other theft

Other crime

Recorded crimes by category across the whole Mid Suffolk 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 Mid Suffolk

Population102,699

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood

Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 7/10 · little changed since 2019. A higher number means less deprivation. Roughly 65% of English neighbourhoods fall in more-deprived bands.

Full deprivation breakdown — all seven domains

DEPRIVATION

IMD decile 7/10

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WHAT THIS MEANSThis area scores 7/10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation — around the national average (averaged across its neighbourhoods). About 65% 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 — little changed 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

7.6/10

Employment

7.3/10

Education & skills

6.1/10

Health & disability

7.7/10

Crime

8.3/10

Housing & services

2.6/10

Living environment

4.4/10

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025

Figures for the wider Mid Suffolk — 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+58%

Unemployment · economically active residents3.4%

Degree-level (Level 4+)30%

Good or very good health83%

Own their home74%

Median age48.1

Born outside the UK6%

See the full Mid Suffolk report →

ONS Census 2021 · wider district

Schools This street

75% of the 4 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.

Ofsted

3 of 4 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 4 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 25 nearest schools

AllPrimarySecondaryGrammarNursery

School	Phase	Ofsted	Distance
Old Newton Church of England Primary School	Primary	Inspected '24 — see report	1.6 km
Old Newton Under Fives CIO	Nursery	—	1.6 km
Bacton Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	3.6 km
Bacton Under Fives	Nursery	Good ('24)	3.6 km
Crawford's Church of England Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	3.9 km
Freeman Community Primary School	Primary	Inspected '24 — see report	3.9 km
Stowupland High School	Secondary	Requires improvement ('23)	3.9 km
Stowupland Pre-School	Nursery	Good ('25)	3.9 km
Haughley Pre-school & The Pit Stop Out of School Club	Nursery	Good ('22)	4.0 km
Mendlesham Primary School	Primary	Inspected '24 — see report	4.5 km
Grace Cook Primary School	Primary	Inspected '25 — see report	4.7 km
Cedars Park Community Primary School	Primary	Good ('23)	4.8 km
Chilton Community Primary School	Primary	—	4.9 km
Foxglove Violet Hill	Nursery	Good ('23)	4.9 km
Poppy's Children's Nursery	Nursery	Good ('23)	5.0 km
Sunhill Early Learning Stowmarket	Nursery	Good ('22)	5.0 km
St Peter And St Mary's Pre-school	Nursery	Good ('23)	5.1 km
Wood Ley Community Primary School	Primary	Inspected '26 — see report	5.1 km
Foxglove Montessori Nursery	Nursery	Good ('23)	5.1 km
Sunhill Early Years Stowmarket	Nursery	Good ('22)	5.1 km
Stowmarket High School	Secondary	Inspected '25 — see report	5.4 km
Busy Bees Day Nursery at Stowmarket	Nursery	Good ('24)	5.4 km
Abbot's Hall Community Primary School	Primary	—	5.7 km
Finborough School	All-through	—	7.2 km
Little Crickets Finborough	Nursery	—	7.2 km

Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted

Health This street

nearest GP surgeries · nearest 4.7 km
NHS ODS

nearest dentists · nearest 5.0 km
NHS ODS

nearest pharmacies · nearest 4.7 km
NHS ODS

Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies

AllGPsDentistsPharmacies

Name	Type	CQC rating	Distance
Stowhealth	GP	Good ('22)	4.7 km
Violet Hill Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	4.7 km
Mendlesham Medical Group	GP	—	4.7 km
Wedgwood House Dental Practice	Dentist	—	5.0 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	5.1 km
Church View Dental Practice	Dentist	—	5.1 km
Dental Surgery	Dentist	—	5.2 km
Denise E Taylor Dentist	Dentist	—	5.2 km
Boots	Pharmacy	—	5.3 km
Asda Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.3 km
Crowe Street (Dental Surgery)	Dentist	—	5.3 km
Tesco In-Store Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	5.4 km
Combs Ford Surgery	GP	Good ('16)	6.1 km
Combs Ford Pharmacy	Pharmacy	—	6.1 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 Mid Suffolk

5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 79 min from Stowmarket Rail Station.

Rail — 5 nearest stations

Station	Distance	To London	Fastest
Stowmarket Rail Station	3.1 mi	London Liverpool Street	79 min
Elmswell Rail Station	4.5 mi	—	no direct train
Needham Market Rail Station	5.8 mi	—	no direct train
Thurston Rail Station	9.0 mi	—	no direct train
Westerfield Rail Station	12.2 mi	—	no direct train

Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Stowmarket Rail Station (79 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail

Travel to work

Drive

60%

Work from home

31%

Walk or cycle

Public transport

Census travel-to-work — how residents commute

EV charging11 points

Per 10,000 residents1.1

National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion

Environment from Mid Suffolk

Air quality

NO₂

6.7

— WHO guide

PM2.5

6.9

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

Ground checks

Surface water 1-in-1000%

Flood zone2.4% of postcodes

Radonup to 1–3% of homes

Historic landfill102 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 buildings3,479

Conservation areas31

Green belt0%

Green spaces298

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities from Mid Suffolk

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	180	95% hygiene 4★+ (FSA)
Shops	58	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	12	—
Green spaces & parks	298	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

46.2%

Superfast

90.4%

Ultrafast

46.5%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy from Mid Suffolk

Figures for the wider Mid Suffolk — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.

Unemployment rate3.4%

In work (employment rate)58%

Companies registered here6,393

New incorporations (12m)577

Property companies (SPVs)650

See the full Mid Suffolk report →

Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district