Leavenheath, Nayland & Boxford

Babergh · East of England · population 8,260 · 4 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

62Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,582 of 6,856 in England
  • #355 of 746 in East of England
  • #7 of 11 in Babergh
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,201
Median age (est.)52
Density71per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above37%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 8%25–44 18%45–64 31%65+ 29%

Tenure

Own outright: 49%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 49%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 9%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 6%Other: 21%
One person 25%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 6%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Managers & directors 20% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Managers & directors20%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades12%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 55% · No religion 38% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 5%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Leavenheath, Nayland & Boxford is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,582 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 11 in Babergh. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (93) but weak on Housing & access (5). Typical homes here sold for about £425,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+6%) (from 82 sales), 29% above the wider Babergh median of £330,000. Typical household take-home income is around £45,318 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 31 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 85 · #1,054
Employment 85 · #1,026
Education 78 · #1,540
Health 93 · #485
Crime 87 · #862
Housing & access 5 · #6,490
Living environment 7 · #6,373

House prices ?

£425,000median (12m) · +0.2% yr · n=82
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£425,00082+0.2%+5.5%
Detached£553,75046-0.7%+23.1%
Semi-detached£348,75022+11.6%+27.7%
Terraced£285,00013+1.8%+9.6%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£425,000
Babergh£330,000
East of England£348,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£45,318±£6,407 · #2,006 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£40,699
Price-to-income ?9.4×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

43Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

31 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 256 offences
Babergh41
East of England70
England83

Rank #486 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences125
Theft25
Burglary26
Vehicle crime25
Criminal damage & arson22
Public order & weapons24
Drugs1
Robbery0
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 15 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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