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North east Mid Suffolk. About 2,996 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 28 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 51% of people in Eye live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
2,893
Joint 1,001st least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
51%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
57.1%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.9%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Eye compares

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

EyeMiddle
Population26 wards, Mid Suffolk · 2021
Population: every ward in Mid Suffolk26 areas from 2,649 to 6,968. The middle area is 3,128. Eye is 2,893.
2,8937th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares26 wards, Mid Suffolk · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Mid Suffolk26 areas from 0.0% to 70.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Eye is 51.0%.
51%3rd most people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage26 wards, Mid Suffolk · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Mid Suffolk26 areas from 27.0% to 94.2%. The middle area is 60.6%. Eye is 57.1%.
57.1%13th lowest
Claimant rate26 wards, Mid Suffolk · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Mid Suffolk26 areas from 0.8% to 3.1%. The middle area is 2.1%. Eye is 2.9%.
2.9%joint 3rd highest

Is Eye safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Eye at a rate of 56.9 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, 10 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Eye.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (68), other crime (30) and anti-social behaviour (14).

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 ward, so they describe all of Mid Suffolk and not Eye alone. See Mid Suffolk

Average house price
£315,898
Up 3.2% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£41,350
113th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.6×
Joint 155th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
14.4
Joint 86th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Eye in brief

Eye had 2,893 usual residents at the census.

About 51% of people in Eye live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Eye, 57.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Eye, 2.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.