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St Olaves

Ward

The middle of the West Suffolk. About 6,360 people in 1.8 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 St Olaves live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
5,221
Joint 2,923rd least 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
99.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
4.0%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How St Olaves compares

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

St OlavesMiddle
Population43 wards, West Suffolk · 2021
Population: every ward in West Suffolk43 areas from 2,156 to 9,432. The middle area is 3,194. St Olaves is 5,221.
5,22113th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares43 wards, West Suffolk · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in West Suffolk43 areas from 0.0% to 84.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. St Olaves is 0.0%.
0%joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas
Gigabit broadband coverage43 wards, West Suffolk · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in West Suffolk43 areas from 36.0% to 99.9%. The middle area is 86.9%. St Olaves is 99.6%.
99.6%joint 3rd highest
Claimant rate43 wards, West Suffolk · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in West Suffolk43 areas from 0.9% to 4.1%. The middle area is 2.2%. St Olaves is 4.0%.
4.0%4th highest

Is St Olaves safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in St Olaves at a rate of 53.1 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 59.3 per 1,000 people across West Suffolk.

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

In August 2026 alone, 28 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in St Olaves.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (203), other crime (76) and criminal damage and arson (41).

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 West Suffolk

These figures are published for the whole of West Suffolk, not for each ward, so they describe all of West Suffolk and not St Olaves alone. See West Suffolk

Average house price
£294,810
Up 0.3% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£39,628
149th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.4×
Joint 167th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
16.2
115th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
St Olaves in brief

St Olaves had 5,221 usual residents at the census.

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

In St Olaves, 99.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In St Olaves, 4.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.