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Eye, Palgrave & Occold

Middle area

North east Mid Suffolk. 8,213 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 114 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by middle area

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 43% of people in Eye, Palgrave & Occold live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Median sale price
£382,500
Joint 2,127th most expensive of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
7,957
Joint 3,634th most populated of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
43%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
53.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026

Recorded crime in Eye, Palgrave & Occold

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Eye, Palgrave & Occold at a rate of 33.6 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 40.3 per 1,000 people across Mid Suffolk.

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

Recorded by police, 12 months to August 2026
Kind of crimeRecorded
Violence and sexual offences144
Other crime52
Anti-social behaviour26
Burglary17
Criminal damage and arson14
Shoplifting11
Vehicle crime9
Drug offences3
Robbery0
Theft from the person0

Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026

How Eye, Palgrave & Occold compares

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

Eye, Palgrave & OccoldMiddle
Median sale price12 middle areas, Mid Suffolk · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Mid Suffolk12 areas from £250,000 to £405,000. The middle area is £343,750. Eye, Palgrave & Occold is £382,500.
£382,5003rd most expensive
Population12 middle areas, Mid Suffolk · 2021
Population: every middle area in Mid Suffolk12 areas from 6,159 to 12,792. The middle area is 8,153. Eye, Palgrave & Occold is 7,957.
7,9576th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares12 middle areas, Mid Suffolk · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every middle area in Mid Suffolk12 areas from 0.0% to 43.0%. The middle area is 10.5%. Eye, Palgrave & Occold is 43.0%.
43%most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage12 middle areas, Mid Suffolk · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Mid Suffolk12 areas from 26.4% to 81.8%. The middle area is 61.8%. Eye, Palgrave & Occold is 53.1%.
53.1%4th lowest

Is Eye, Palgrave & Occold safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Eye, Palgrave & Occold at a rate of 33.6 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 40.3 per 1,000 people across Mid Suffolk.

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

In August 2026 alone, 27 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Eye, Palgrave & Occold.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (144), other crime (52) and anti-social behaviour (26).

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 Mid Suffolk

These figures are published for the whole of Mid Suffolk, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Mid Suffolk and not Eye, Palgrave & Occold alone. See Mid Suffolk

Average house price
£317,979
Up 5.3% in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£41,350
113th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.7×
Joint 151st least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
14.4
Joint 86th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Eye, Palgrave & Occold in brief

The median price paid for a home in Eye, Palgrave & Occold was £382,500 in 2025.

Eye, Palgrave & Occold had 7,957 usual residents at the census.

About 43% of people in Eye, Palgrave & Occold live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Eye, Palgrave & Occold, 53.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.