# Stowmarket Town in Mid Suffolk, East of England. Stowmarket is a town in Mid Suffolk, East of England. Median sale price £260,500 in 2025. Recorded crime 64.4 per 1,000 people. About 22,459 people. Town. Code E63003439. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Mid Suffolk](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-suffolk) Stowmarket is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Stowmarket 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: £260,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Stowmarket was £260,500 in 2025. 531st cheapest 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/stowmarket#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 21,537** (2021). Stowmarket had 21,537 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 505th 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/stowmarket#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in Stowmarket 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/stowmarket#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 80.7%** (January 2026). In Stowmarket, 80.7% 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/stowmarket#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63003439) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in Stowmarket 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=E63003439) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 474 homes were sold in Stowmarket in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63003439) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Stowmarket. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63003439) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Stowmarket had 21,537 usual residents at the census. ## How Stowmarket compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Stowmarket | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £260,500 | 26th cheapest | 130 towns, East of England · 2025 | | Population | 21,537 | 60th 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 | 80.7% | joint 17th lowest | 130 towns, East of England · Jan 2026 | ## Is Stowmarket safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Stowmarket at a rate of 64.4 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, 152 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Stowmarket. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (725), other crime (252) and shoplifting (132). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Stowmarket was 60.1 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 Stowmarket, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Stowmarket has no single figure. Of its 12 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood - Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods - Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Stowmarket | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Mid Suffolk 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030073) | 1,544 | 69.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 65.9% | | [Mid Suffolk 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030077) | 1,489 | 89.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 90.9% | | [Mid Suffolk 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030079) | 1,489 | 111.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 82.3% | | [Mid Suffolk 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030080) | 1,638 | 55.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 71.0% | | [Mid Suffolk 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030072) | 1,637 | 50.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 54.6% | | [Mid Suffolk 009D](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030075) | 2,094 | 25.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 83.7% | | [Mid Suffolk 010B](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030071) | 1,441 | 213.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.3% | | [Mid Suffolk 010D](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030076) | 1,623 | 43.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 77.4% | | [Mid Suffolk 010E](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01030078) | 1,600 | 39.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 52.0% | | [Mid Suffolk 010F](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01033316) | 2,034 | 35.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.4% | | [Mid Suffolk 010G](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01033317) | 1,805 | 61.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 78.7% | | [Mid Suffolk 010H](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-suffolk/neighbourhood/e01033319) | 2,752 | 31.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.6% | ## 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 [Mid Suffolk](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-suffolk) ## Postcode districts covering Stowmarket [IP14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ip14) ## Middle areas in Stowmarket [Stowmarket East & Needham Market North](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-suffolk/stowmarket-east-and-needham-market-north), [Stowmarket West](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-suffolk/stowmarket-west) ## Towns near Stowmarket [Ipswich](https://openindex.co.uk/ipswich), [Hadleigh](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hadleigh), [Bury St Edmunds](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bury-st-edmunds), [Kesgrave](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kesgrave), [Sudbury](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sudbury), [Diss](https://openindex.co.uk/town/diss) ## Stowmarket in brief Stowmarket is a town in Mid Suffolk, East of England. About 22,459 people lived in Stowmarket in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £260,500 in 2025 across 474 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 64.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Stowmarket was £260,500 in 2025. Stowmarket had 21,537 usual residents at the census. About 0% of people in Stowmarket live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Stowmarket, 80.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63003439 - Constituency: [Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bury-st-edmunds-and-stowmarket) - Council: [Mid Suffolk †](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-suffolk) - Region: [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/east-of-england) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 6.74 km² - People, mid-2024: 22,459* - Neighbourhoods: 12 - Output areas: 68 * 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 [Ipswich](https://openindex.co.uk/ipswich), [Hadleigh](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hadleigh), [Bury St Edmunds](https://openindex.co.uk/town/bury-st-edmunds), [Kesgrave](https://openindex.co.uk/town/kesgrave), [Sudbury](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sudbury), [Diss](https://openindex.co.uk/town/diss) ## Latest updates for Stowmarket - Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026. - GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026. - Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026. The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63003439 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/stowmarket, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/stowmarket#f-house-sales-median-price. Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it. Snapshot 2026.10.8, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23508850. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/stowmarket