# Bury St Edmunds

Town in West Suffolk, East of England.

Bury St Edmunds is a town in West Suffolk, East of England. Median sale price £288,500 in 2025. Recorded crime 79.4 per 1,000 people. About 43,440 people.

Town. Code E63003313. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [West Suffolk](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk)

Bury St Edmunds is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Bury St Edmunds add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £288,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Bury St Edmunds was £288,500 in 2025. 451st most expensive of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/bury-st-edmunds#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 41,279** (2021). Bury St Edmunds had 41,279 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 269th most populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/bury-st-edmunds#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in Bury St Edmunds live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/bury-st-edmunds#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 97.3%** (January 2026). In Bury St Edmunds, 97.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/bury-st-edmunds#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63003313) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in Bury St Edmunds live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63003313) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 736 homes were sold in Bury St Edmunds in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63003313) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Bury St Edmunds.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63003313) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Bury St Edmunds had 41,279 usual residents at the census.

## How Bury St Edmunds compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Bury St Edmunds | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £288,500 | 39th cheapest | 130 towns, East of England · 2025 |
| Population | 41,279 | 27th most populated | 130 towns, East of England · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 130 towns, East of England · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 97.3% | 10th highest | 130 towns, East of England · Jan 2026 |

## Is Bury St Edmunds safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Bury St Edmunds at a rate of 79.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 80.2 per 1,000 people across East of England.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 253 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Bury St Edmunds.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,527), other crime (683) and shoplifting (381).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Bury St Edmunds was 84.3 per 1,000 people.
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.

## Deprivation in Bury St Edmunds, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Bury St Edmunds has no single figure. Of its 30 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 9 neighbourhoods

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in Bury St Edmunds

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [West Suffolk 009A](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030130) | 1,396 | 42.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.2% |
| [West Suffolk 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030131) | 1,252 | 104.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [West Suffolk 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030139) | 1,620 | 66.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.4% |
| [West Suffolk 009D](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030140) | 1,229 | 60.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| [West Suffolk 009E](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030141) | 1,502 | 36.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| [West Suffolk 011A](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030091) | 1,835 | 325.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 84.2% |
| [West Suffolk 011B](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030093) | 1,615 | 63.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.2% |
| [West Suffolk 011C](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030137) | 1,604 | 115.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.9% |
| [West Suffolk 011D](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01033043) | 1,150 | 81.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| [West Suffolk 011E](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01033046) | 1,078 | 173.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.8% |
| [West Suffolk 011F](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01033047) | 1,096 | 105.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.4% |
| [West Suffolk 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030127) | 1,126 | 23.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.6% |
| [West Suffolk 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030128) | 1,309 | 14.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [West Suffolk 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030129) | 1,319 | 95.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| [West Suffolk 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01033044) | 1,403 | 31.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.5% |
| [West Suffolk 012E](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01033045) | 1,321 | 59.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.6% |
| [West Suffolk 012F](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01033050) | 1,211 | 49.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.7% |
| [West Suffolk 013A](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030142) | 1,624 | 134.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 95.6% |
| [West Suffolk 013B](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030143) | 1,411 | 53.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.7% |
| [West Suffolk 013C](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030144) | 1,267 | 114.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 83.1% |
| [West Suffolk 013D](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030147) | 1,467 | 34.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.9% |
| [West Suffolk 013E](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01033048) | 1,415 | 81.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.0% |
| [West Suffolk 013F](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01033049) | 1,138 | 58.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 90.3% |
| [West Suffolk 014A](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030092) | 1,485 | 93.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 97.6% |
| [West Suffolk 014B](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030123) | 1,653 | 54.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 100.0% |
| [West Suffolk 014C](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030124) | 1,596 | 79.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.9% |
| [West Suffolk 014D](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030125) | 1,383 | 40.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.8% |
| [West Suffolk 014E](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030148) | 1,179 | 13.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.6% |
| [West Suffolk 014F](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030149) | 1,451 | 25.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.1% |
| [West Suffolk 016D](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01034573) | 1,569 | 50.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.7% |

## Your MP

- [Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bury-st-edmunds-and-stowmarket): Dr Peter Prinsley (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Council

[West Suffolk](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk)

## Postcode districts covering Bury St Edmunds

[IP32](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ip32), [IP33](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ip33)

## Middle areas in Bury St Edmunds

[Bury St Edmunds Central](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/bury-st-edmunds-central), [Bury St Edmunds West](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/bury-st-edmunds-west), [Eastgate & Southgate](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/eastgate-and-southgate), [Howard Estate & Northgate](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/howard-estate-and-northgate), [Moreton Hall](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk/moreton-hall)

## Towns near Bury St Edmunds

[Mildenhall](https://openindex.co.uk/town/mildenhall), [Stowmarket](https://openindex.co.uk/town/stowmarket), [Thetford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/thetford), [Newmarket](https://openindex.co.uk/town/newmarket), [Sudbury](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sudbury), [Brandon](https://openindex.co.uk/town/brandon-west-suffolk)

## Bury St Edmunds in brief

Bury St Edmunds is a town in West Suffolk, East of England.
About 43,440 people lived in Bury St Edmunds in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £288,500 in 2025 across 736 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 79.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Bury St Edmunds was £288,500 in 2025.
Bury St Edmunds had 41,279 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Bury St Edmunds live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Bury St Edmunds, 97.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63003313
- Constituency: [Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bury-st-edmunds-and-stowmarket)
- Council: [West Suffolk †](https://openindex.co.uk/west-suffolk)
- Region: [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/east-of-england)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 14.67 km²
- People, mid-2024: 43,440*
- Neighbourhoods: 30
- Output areas: 141

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Mildenhall](https://openindex.co.uk/town/mildenhall), [Stowmarket](https://openindex.co.uk/town/stowmarket), [Thetford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/thetford), [Newmarket](https://openindex.co.uk/town/newmarket), [Sudbury](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sudbury), [Brandon](https://openindex.co.uk/town/brandon-west-suffolk)

## Latest updates for Bury St Edmunds

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63003313

## How to cite

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