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Western Felixstowe

Ward

The south of the East Suffolk. About 11,944 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 6.1 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Western Felixstowe live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
11,349
1,849th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
97.4%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.0%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Western Felixstowe compares

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

Western FelixstoweMiddle
Population29 wards, East Suffolk · 2021
Population: every ward in East Suffolk29 areas from 3,522 to 15,901. The middle area is 8,360. Western Felixstowe is 11,349.
11,3498th most 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%. Western Felixstowe is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest 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%. Western Felixstowe is 97.4%.
97.4%6th highest
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%. Western Felixstowe is 3.0%.
3.0%6th highest

Is Western Felixstowe safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Western Felixstowe at a rate of 52.2 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, 45 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Western Felixstowe.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (330), other crime (126) and criminal damage and arson (65).

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 Western Felixstowe alone. See East Suffolk

Average house price
£277,949
Down 2.3% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£36,793
117th lowest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.6×
Joint 156th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
20.3
Joint 130th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Western Felixstowe in brief

Western Felixstowe had 11,349 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Western Felixstowe live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Western Felixstowe, 97.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Western Felixstowe, 3.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.