Neighbourhood · East Suffolk · East of England
Beccles
East Suffolk 010 · 5 sub-areas · 8,392 residents
Verdict
How are these scored? →Best for Couples (81/100)Watch-out: Retirees (59/100)Liveability 77/100 · Top quartileResidential
Beccles is a settled residential pocket of East Suffolk. The bigger gravitational centre is London, around 138 minutes away by direct train, but most days don't require leaving — local life is what people are here for. The population skews older, with a long-settled feel and a high share of retirees.
Liveability
77/100
Top quartile
Overview
Overview
What's it like to live in Beccles?
A snapshot of Beccles
3 parks and 1 playgrounds are within five minutes' walk, so greenspace is reliably close at hand; The streets feel safe by national standards — police-recorded crime is well below the country-wide median; Public transport is genuinely strong; most errands and a fair share of social life don't need a car; rents are below the national norm, with a typical home letting at around £831 a month; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.
Generated from the latest May 2026 data · refreshed automatically
Figures are aggregated across 5 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.
Beccles in East Suffolk
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FAQ
Frequently asked
- What's the median rent in Beccles?
- The median monthly rent across Beccles is £831.
- How safe is Beccles?
- Beccles has a safety score of — out of 100, where higher is safer. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, inverted.
- How well-connected is Beccles?
- Transport score: — out of 100. Combines walking time to the nearest rail station, walking time to the nearest metro stop, and public-transport time to clusters with 5,000+ jobs. The nearest rail station is roughly 13 minutes' walk.
- What schools are near Beccles?
- There are 6 schools within 2 km of Beccles, of which 50% are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is approximately 8126 m away.
- What is the council tax band in Beccles?
- The most common council tax band in Beccles is B, with the typical Band D annual charge around £1,887. Council tax is set by East Suffolk council and applies to every property in the area.
- How long is the commute from Beccles to London?
- By the fastest direct train, the journey from Beccles to central London is approximately 138 minutes. This is the fastest no-change rail journey from the local area centroid; door-to-door times will vary with walking time to the station.
- Is gigabit broadband available in Beccles?
- 100% of premises in Beccles are gigabit-capable according to Ofcom Connected Nations 2025. Most properties can already buy gigabit packages.
- What is the deprivation rank of Beccles?
- Beccles sits in IMD decile 4 of 10, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of local areas nationally and 10 is the least deprived. The Index of Multiple Deprivation combines income, employment, education, health, crime, barriers and environment.
- What's the tenure mix in Beccles?
- 56% of households in Beccles are owner-occupied. The remainder is split between private renting and social housing — see the Demographics section for the full breakdown from Census 2021.
- What is the average property price in Beccles?
- The average property price across East Suffolk (the local authority covering Beccles) is approximately £280,757, per HM Land Registry's House Price Index. Per-local area prices vary; see the cost-of-living section for medians by property type.
- Is Beccles a commuter town or workplace hub?
- Commuter town — most working residents travel out for work. (0.38 jobs per working-age resident. Median resident salary £30,261.)
- Which local areas are part of Beccles?
- Beccles contains 5 local areas: East Suffolk 010A, East Suffolk 010B, East Suffolk 010C, East Suffolk 010D, East Suffolk 010E.
FAQ
Frequently asked about Beccles
Short answers anchored in the data above. Each link goes to the relevant section or methodology page.
- What is the average rent in Beccles?
- The estimated median monthly rent in Beccles is £831. This is derived from the council-area ONS rental figure scaled by the local sale-price gradient — see the Cost section for the breakdown by bedroom count and the affordability ratio against local salaries.
- Is Beccles a safe place to live?
- Beccles has a safety score of 73/100. The score is the national percentile rank of police-recorded crime per 1,000 residents, inverted so 100 is the safest 1% of England + Wales. The Safety section below shows the breakdown by category.
- What schools are near Beccles?
- 50% of schools within 2 km of Beccles are rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. The Schools section lists individual schools with inspection ratings.
- How long is the commute from Beccles?
- Public-transport commute time from Beccles to central London is approximately 138 minutes. The Transport section has commute times to every major UK city hub.
- How is Beccles different from the rest of East Suffolk?
- Beccles contains 5 sub-areas. The "Sub-areas" section below lets you drill into each one individually — they often vary by 20%+ on rent and demographics within the same neighbourhood.
- Where does Beccles rank in East Suffolk?
- Beccles scores 77/100 on our composite liveability index. To see how it stacks up against every other neighbourhood in East Suffolk, see the Cities table on the East Suffolk page.
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