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Suffolk

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760,686 people · median £281,844

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

70/100

Good

Acreright area score · our comparison, not an official rating

£282k

median price

6.1

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

£282k

median sold price

7.9 yrs

of local pay to buy

rail stations mapped

grammar schools

363

schools total

6.1

crimes per 1,000 residents each month

7.8

NO₂ · WHO 10

4.7%

in a flood zone

2,191

green spaces

6.9

PM2.5 · WHO 5

1,958

eat & drink

507

shops

63.5%

gigabit

139

gyms & leisure

Score by what matters: AffordabilityCommuteSchoolsSafetyEnvironmentAmenities

Sold price trend

£199,995 in 2015 → £277,244 in 2026 · 12,218 sales in 12 months

⌄ Below this county: Suffolk is an aggregation of its districts — every figure above sums or population-weights them. Click any district in the tables for its own full report.

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All figures, sources and dates

Prices2026-05

Affordability2025

Crime2026-07

Census2021

Schools2026

Health2026/2025

Transport2026

Broadband2024-07

Environment2023–24

Heritage & planning2026

Amenities2026

Companies2026-07-01

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What does it cost? This county

A typical home here sells for £281,844. That's about 7.9× local earnings.

Sold price history

2026 YTD · 4,132 sales

Median sold price · 12 months to May 2026£281,844

Full history since 1995

HM Land Registry Price Paid

By property type

Too few sales by type to chart.

Typical home price compared with annual local pay7.9×

HM Land Registry, 12 months

Resold at a loss18.5%

Of the homes here that sold again within five years, 18.5% went for less than the owner paid. Lower is better. In line with England (18%).

By property type

Detached houses2.1%

Semi-detached houses5.8%

Terraced houses4%

Flats25.6%

New-build vs second-hand

Bought new31.6%

Bought second-hand15.6%

Overall

Typical resale gain+19.3% · ~7.6-yr hold

Same home sold twice within five years (2,364 resale pairs) · HM Land Registry · cash terms, not inflation-adjusted

£2,633 per square metre

What this means ▾

The sold price divided by the home's recorded floor area, which makes differently-sized homes easier to compare.

HM Land Registry + EPC floor areas

Prices by district 5 districts — the county, broken down

District	Median price	5-year change	Sales, 12m
Babergh	£325,000	—	—
East Suffolk	£290,000	—	—
Ipswich	£225,000	—	—
Mid Suffolk	£297,450	—	—
West Suffolk	£283,750	—	—

Sorted by 5-year change — click a row → the map flies there; click the name → its full report · HM Land Registry, 12 months

How safe is it? This county

Crime runs at 6.1 per 1,000 residents a month — below the 9.9 average across districts Acreright covers. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.

Crime rate

Monthly recorded crimes across the whole county

Per 1,000 / month6.1

Average across Acreright-covered districts9.9

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

By category, 12 months county

Violence and sexual offences

20,504

Shoplifting

4,442

Criminal damage and arson

4,290

Anti-social behaviour

3,934

Other theft

3,203

Public order

2,834

Recorded crimes by category across the whole county, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

On or near	Crimes
Supermarket	924
Parking Area	375
Supermarket	270
Parking Area	250
Shopping Area	223

Busiest anonymised "on or near" markers over the last 6 months — click a row to centre the crime map there · retail-heavy spots naturally rank high (shoplifting concentrates where the shops are), and some forces log crimes at their police station, so a station can rank high without the crime happening there · police.uk

Who lives here? This county

Population760,686

ONS Census 2021 (Nomis)

ONS Census 2021

Schools This county

Ofsted

363 schools in the county.

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

Schools by district

This county has 363 schools across its districts. Open any district below for its full school list, Ofsted ratings and catchments.

GIAS + Ofsted

Health This county

At a glance

	Here
Life expectancy — men	80.7 yrs
Life expectancy — women	84.7 yrs

OHID Fingertips

113

GP surgeries
NHS ODS

dentists
NHS ODS

Getting around This county

EV charging81 points

Per 10,000 residents1.1

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

Environment This county

Air quality

NO₂

7.8

— WHO guide

PM2.5

6.9

— WHO guide

µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA

A population-weighted county average across Suffolk’s districts — air quality varies locally. See the per-district ranking.

Ground checks

Flood zone4.7% of postcodes

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 buildings13,502

Conservation areas173

Green spaces2,191

Historic England · OS Open Greenspace

Amenities This county

What's here

Category	Count	Note
Eat & drink	1,958	—
Shops	507	supermarkets & convenience stores
Gyms, leisure & playgrounds	139	—
Green spaces & parks	2,191	filled areas on the map

OSM + FSA

Broadband

Gigabit

63.5%

% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations

Local economy This county

At a glance

	Count	Trend, 12 months
Companies registered here	128,200	—

Companies House