Haverhill West

West Suffolk · East of England · population 7,589 · 4 LSOAs

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

58Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,850 of 6,856 in England
  • #394 of 746 in East of England
  • #12 of 21 in West Suffolk
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,549
Median age (est.)39
Density1,728per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above24%
No car or van15%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 11%25–44 28%45–64 28%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 26%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 20%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 26%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 20%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 32%Lone parent: 11%Other: 13%
One person 26%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 32%Lone parent 11%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Associate professional 13% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Associate professional13%
Elementary12%
Caring & leisure12%
Managers & directors12%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative11%
Process & plant9%
Sales & customer service6%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 4%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 92%Asian 4%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 47% · Christian 45% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 15%

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

Haverhill West is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,850 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 21 in West Suffolk. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (100) but weak on Housing & access (25). Typical homes here sold for about £280,000 over the past year, up 14% across five years (from 97 sales), in line with the wider West Suffolk median of £289,972. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #1,470 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £42,342 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 46 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 54 · #3,165
Employment 62 · #2,610
Education 34 · #4,536
Health 71 · #1,993
Crime 50 · #3,398
Housing & access 25 · #5,160
Living environment 100 · #19

House prices ?

£280,000median (12m) · +7.3% yr · n=97
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£280,00097+7.3%+13.8%
Detached£377,50034+8.3%+19.5%
Semi-detached£260,00018+1.0%+13.3%
Terraced£233,75042+1.6%+8.7%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£280,000
West Suffolk£289,972
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)£42,342±£5,918 · #2,751 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,601
Price-to-income ?6.6×typical home ÷ net income — less 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 ?

79Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

46 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 345 offences
West Suffolk59
East of England70
England83

Rank #1,737 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences185
Theft55
Burglary8
Vehicle crime4
Criminal damage & arson40
Public order & weapons25
Drugs11
Robbery4
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 42 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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