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Deben

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The south of the East Suffolk. About 6,011 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 109 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 40% of people in Deben live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
5,749
Joint 3,386th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
40%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
29.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
1.6%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Deben compares

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

DebenMiddle
Population29 wards, East Suffolk · 2021
Population: every ward in East Suffolk29 areas from 3,522 to 15,901. The middle area is 8,360. Deben is 5,749.
5,74911th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares29 wards, East Suffolk · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in East Suffolk29 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Deben is 40.0%.
40%10th most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage29 wards, East Suffolk · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in East Suffolk29 areas from 29.1% to 99.6%. The middle area is 90.9%. Deben is 29.1%.
29.1%lowest
Claimant rate29 wards, East Suffolk · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in East Suffolk29 areas from 0.9% to 6.9%. The middle area is 2.4%. Deben is 1.6%.
1.6%joint 6th lowest

Is Deben safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Deben at a rate of 36.6 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 57.3 per 1,000 people across East Suffolk.

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

In August 2026 alone, 15 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Deben.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were other crime (91), violence and sexual offences (74) and burglary (20).

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 East Suffolk

These figures are published for the whole of East Suffolk, not for each ward, so they describe all of East Suffolk and not Deben alone. See East Suffolk

Average house price
£276,301
Down 1.0% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£36,793
117th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.5×
Joint 161st least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
20.3
Joint 130th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Deben in brief

Deben had 5,749 usual residents at the census.

About 40% of people in Deben live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Deben, 29.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Deben, 1.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.