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106 recorded sales · median £116,750 · West Suffolk
West Suffolk Council · Labour / Independent / Green / Liberal Democrat coalition 37/64 seats · 58% · OCD 2026
74/100
Good
Acreright area score · our comparison, not an official rating
£117k
median price
5.8
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
£117k
median sold price
7.7 yrs
of local pay to buy
56 min
London — fastest
3
rail stations mapped
0
grammar schools
81
schools total
5.8
crimes per 1,000 residents each month
459
Violence — most
6.9
NO₂ · WHO 10
3.5%
in a flood zone
915
green spaces
7
PM2.5 · WHO 5
504
eat & drink
106
shops
61.8%
gigabit
40
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
£167,150 in 2007 → £555,000 in 2024
⌄ On this street: every recorded sale is listed under Cost — this is the finest level we hold. Everything else is shown for the wider West Suffolk, clearly labelled.
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All figures, sources and dates
Prices2026-09-09
Affordability2025
Council tax & governance2026/27 (tax); 2026 (control)
Crime2026-07
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 £116,750. That's about 7.7× local earnings — around the 8.9× five-year average.
Sold price history
2024 YTD · 2 sales
Median sold price · 12 months to Sep 2026 · 106 sales£116,750
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 pay7.7× · five-year average 8.9×
HM Land Registry, 12 months
Resold at a loss from West Suffolk20.3%
Of the homes across West Suffolk that sold again within five years, 20.3% went for less than the owner paid. Lower is better. Worse than East of England (17.5%).
By property type
Detached houses0%
Semi-detached houses7.7%
Terraced houses3.9%
Flats27.9%
New-build vs second-hand
Bought new23.3%
Bought second-hand19.5%
Overall
Typical resale gain+14.7% · ~7.6-yr hold
Same home sold twice within five years (541 resale pairs) across West Suffolk — the finest grain we hold repeat-sale outcomes at · HM Land Registry · cash terms, not inflation-adjusted
Home ownership60%
Households owning their home · ONS Census 2021
Council tax£2,246
West Suffolk Council£210
Suffolk County Council (incl. adult social care)£1,732
Police & Crime Commissioner£304
Council tax bands A–H
Band A£1,497
Band B£1,747
Band C£1,996
Band D (baseline)£2,246
Band E£2,745
Band F£3,244
Band G£3,743
Band H£4,492
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 West Suffolk how Gainsborough Road compares · from West Suffolk
⌃ Fastest 5-yr growth: Brandon +20.1%
| Neighbourhood | Median price | 5-year change | Sales, 12m |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon | £200,000 | +20.1% | 214 |
| Lakenheath | £255,000 | +18.6% | 90 |
| Mildenhall Road Estate | £252,750 | +18.2% | 88 |
| Studlands Park | £246,250 | +14.9% | 212 |
| Mildenhall | £235,000 | +14.1% | 242 |
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 Gainsborough Road — sold prices
Filters
| Address | Type | Beds | EPC | Price | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Gainsborough Road | Semi-detached | — | — | £375,000 | Jan 2026 |
| 17 Gainsborough Road | Semi-detached | — | — | £460,000 | Oct 2024 |
| 11 Gainsborough Road | Semi-detached | — | — | £650,000 | Apr 2024 |
| 4 Gainsborough Road | Semi-detached | — | — | £333,000 | Jun 2023 |
| 16, Gainsborough Road | Semi-detached | — | — | £255,000 | Oct 2021 |
| 19 GAINSBOROUGH ROAD HAVERHILL | Semi-detached | — | — | £255,000 | Jun 2021 |
| 3 GAINSBOROUGH ROAD BURY ST EDMUNDS | Semi-detached | — | — | £398,000 | Jun 2021 |
| 23, Gainsborough Road | Detached | — | — | £315,000 | Mar 2021 |
| 14, Gainsborough Road | Terraced | — | — | £192,500 | Nov 2020 |
| 7, Gainsborough Road | Semi-detached | — | — | £345,000 | Mar 2020 |
24 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 West Suffolk
Crime runs at 5.8 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 / month5.8
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months
By category, 12 months from West Suffolk
Recorded crimes by category across the whole West 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. Some forces log crimes at their police station, so a station can look like a hotspot.
Clusters of anonymised on-or-near markers, not addresses · police.uk
Who lives here? from West Suffolk
Population179,948
ONS Census 2021 (Nomis) · this neighbourhood
Relative deprivation — this area's neighbourhoods average 6/10 · little changed since 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 6 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
6.8/10
Employment
7.0/10
Education & skills
5.1/10
Health & disability
7.0/10
Crime
6.4/10
Housing & services
4.5/10
Living environment
6.0/10
Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), averaged over the LSOAs in this area. · IoD2025
Figures for the wider West 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+61%
Unemployment · economically active residents3.8%
Degree-level (Level 4+)29%
Good or very good health83%
Own their home60%
Median age41.7
Born outside the UK17%
See the full West Suffolk report →
ONS Census 2021 · wider district
Schools This street
100% of the 8 nearest inspected schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Catchments shown are the council-published ones where held, estimates otherwise — always labelled.
Ofsted
8 of 8 inspected schools rated Good or Outstanding
of the 8 nearest inspected schools
of the 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnardiston Hall Preparatory School | All-through | — | 1.9 km |
| Barnardiston Hall | Nursery | Good ('21) | 1.9 km |
| Thurlow Voluntary Controlled Primary School | Primary | Good ('23) | 2.1 km |
| Kedington Primary Academy | Primary | — | 3.3 km |
| Ketton Early Birds | Nursery | Good ('21) | 3.3 km |
| Happy Days Childcare | Nursery | Good ('25) | 3.5 km |
| Samuel Ward Academy | Secondary | Good ('22) | 4.2 km |
| Hundon Community Primary School | Primary | Good ('20) | 4.4 km |
| Hundon Hedgehogs Preschool | Nursery | Good ('25) | 4.4 km |
| Westfield Primary Academy | Primary | Good ('22) | 4.4 km |
Nearest first · type to search all schools, or filter by phase · click a school → its full report page · GIAS + Ofsted
Health This street
At a glance
| Here | |
|---|---|
| Life expectancy — men | 81.3 yrs |
| Life expectancy — women | 85.1 yrs |
| Smoking | 8.4% |
| Adults overweight or obese | 65.7% |
OHID Fingertips · district-level figures (the health-outcomes grain)
3
nearest GP surgeries · nearest 5.3 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
4
nearest dentists · nearest 3.1 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
5
nearest pharmacies · nearest 4.9 km
NHS ODS
NHS ODS
3 of 3 CQC-rated providers nearby are Good or Outstanding.
Nearest GPs, dentists & pharmacies
AllGPsDentistsPharmacies
| Name | Type | CQC rating | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highpoint (Dental Surgery) | Dentist | — | 3.1 km |
| Dental Surgery | Dentist | — | 4.7 km |
| Tesco In-Store Pharmacy | Pharmacy | — | 4.9 km |
| Dental Surgery | Dentist | — | 5.0 km |
| Haverhill Dental Centre | Dentist | — | 5.1 km |
| Boots | Pharmacy | — | 5.2 km |
| Well | Pharmacy | — | 5.3 km |
| Haverhill Family Practice | GP | Good ('19) | 5.3 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 West Suffolk
5 nearest stations; the fastest to London is 56 min from Audley End.
Rail — 5 nearest stations
| Station | Distance | To London | Fastest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newmarket | 8.5 mi | — | no direct train |
| Sudbury (Suffolk) | 12.6 mi | — | no direct train |
| Great Chesterford | 12.7 mi | London Liverpool Street | 69 min |
| Bury St Edmunds | 13.5 mi | — | no direct train |
| Audley End | 14.0 mi | London Liverpool Street | 56 min |
Nearest first (miles from the area centre) · fastest London time in bold — from Audley End (56 min) · click a station → its page · National Rail
Travel to work
Census travel-to-work — how residents commute
EV charging30 points
Per 10,000 residents1.7
National Chargepoint Registry · pins on the map · speed split (rapid/fast/slow) pending NCR field ingestion
Environment from West Suffolk
Air quality
µg/m³ annual mean · DEFRA
Ground checks
Surface water 1-in-1000%
Flood zone3.5% of postcodes
Radonup to 1–3% of homes
Historic landfill101 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 buildings2,929
Conservation areas48
Green belt0%
Green spaces915
Historic England · OS Open Greenspace
Amenities from West Suffolk
What's here
| Category | Count | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Eat & drink | 504 | 96% hygiene 4★+ (FSA) |
| Shops | 106 | supermarkets & convenience stores |
| Gyms, leisure & playgrounds | 40 | — |
| Green spaces & parks | 915 | filled areas on the map |
OSM + FSA
Broadband
% of premises · Ofcom Connected Nations
Local economy from West Suffolk
Figures for the wider West Suffolk — the same across neighbouring areas. This page's own prices, crime and streets are shown in full on their tabs.
Unemployment rate3.8%
In work (employment rate)60.5%
Companies registered here59,640
New incorporations (12m)15,559
Property companies (SPVs)5,929
See the full West Suffolk report →
Companies House + ONS Census 2021 · wider district