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Brett Vale

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South Babergh. About 3,264 people in 50 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 62% of people in Brett Vale live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
3,156
1,234th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
62%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
77.0%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.0%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Brett Vale compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Brett ValeMiddle
Population24 wards, Babergh · 2021
Population: every ward in Babergh24 areas from 2,289 to 9,950. The middle area is 2,991. Brett Vale is 3,156.
3,15610th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares24 wards, Babergh · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Babergh24 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 46.0%. Brett Vale is 62.0%.
62%8th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage24 wards, Babergh · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Babergh24 areas from 28.1% to 97.6%. The middle area is 76.8%. Brett Vale is 77.0%.
77.0%12th highest
Claimant rate24 wards, Babergh · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Babergh24 areas from 0.5% to 4.4%. The middle area is 2.2%. Brett Vale is 1.0%.
1.0%joint 2nd lowest

Is Brett Vale safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Brett Vale at a rate of 30.1 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 45.6 per 1,000 people across Babergh.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 8 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Brett Vale.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (40), other crime (29) and burglary (13).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Babergh

These figures are published for the whole of Babergh, not for each ward, so they describe all of Babergh and not Brett Vale alone. See Babergh

Average house price
£330,523
Up 0.7% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£33,904
30th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
9.7×
Joint 61st least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
15.4
104th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Brett Vale in brief

Brett Vale had 3,156 usual residents at the census.

About 62% of people in Brett Vale live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Brett Vale, 77.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Brett Vale, 1.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.