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On the way to work, 12% walk, cycle or take a bus or train. It is a town of 2,709 residents in Norfolk, East of England.
Snettisham’s grades pull in different directions. Pupils here do better than most: primary results beat 93% of towns in England. With a B− overall, Snettisham is better than 53% of UK towns. That places it #16 of 51 in Norfolk. Recorded crime is low: 12.2 violent and sexual offences and 2.8 home and vehicle crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Buying in is costly (D): homes sell for a median £300,000, about 6.3 times local household income. It lags on jobs & income as well: the mean household earns £41,628 a year.
Figures: crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · income, ONS · claimants, DWP.
The 3 things Snettisham does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Snettisham is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 21 buildings inside Snettisham’s built-up area, 2 of them Grade II*.
21% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Snettisham. Best known first.
Historic houseSandringham House4.8 km outside town, to the southCastleCastleSandringham Estate Visitors' entrance4.7 km outside town, to the southPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Snettisham.
People aged 15 to 24 make up 6.8% of the town. Children under 15 make up 12%, lower than both Norfolk’s towns (16%) and England’s towns (18%). Line up the people of Snettisham by age and the one in the middle is 59.1. Among adults, 23% have a degree.
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Snettisham | Norfolk | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 6.8% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 15% | 24% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 41% | 24% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 25% | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.9% | 6.4% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 23% | 26% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Norfolk and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
There is one school here; it is shown below. At the 3 primary schools within 3 km, 73% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Its one primary school teaches 80 pupils.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snettisham Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 80 | B+ |
Violence and sexual offences were 64% of the crimes. Over the year to August 2026, 59 offences were reported in Snettisham, along with 8 incidents of anti-social behaviour. Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 3.9 reports per 1,000, lower than both Norfolk’s towns (5) and England’s towns (7.8).
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
Council and housing-body homes hold one in ten households. 16% rent privately, below both Norfolk’s towns (19%) and England’s towns (21%). Private rents average £941 a month across the King's Lynn and West Norfolk council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £325,000 | 95 |
| Semi-detached | £272,500 | 32 |
| Terraced | £255,000 | 24 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
At the census, 23% of people here had a disability, higher than both Norfolk’s towns (20%) and England’s towns (17%). Snettisham has no GP practice of its own; the nearest is 2.3 miles away. The nearest A&E to Snettisham is The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 8.6 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Snettisham | Norfolk | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 75% | 79% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.9% | 5.6% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 23% | 20% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Read these answers with age in mind: they aren’t adjusted, so younger places do better. The Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Snettisham has 78 listed buildings for every 10,000 residents. Conservation areas cover 17% of the town’s land, above both Norfolk’s towns (5%) and England’s towns (7%). Grade II* covers 2 of them.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 23% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
86% of commuters took the car to work at the census. Unemployment benefit claims came to 2.9% of 16 to 64s in 2026, above Norfolk’s towns (2.5%) and England’s towns (2.3%) alike. Jobs per working resident: 0.6.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
21 listed buildings in Snettisham.
The Mill: Photo: Dr W E Lee · CC BY-SA 2.0 · The Rose and Crown Public House: Photo: Philip Thompson · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 45, Lynn Road: Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Geograph · 1, Hall Road: Photo: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snettisham | 2,709 | — | B− | D | A | C |
| Dersingham | 4,753 | 2.1 | B | C− | A | B− |
| Heacham | 3,978 | 2.2 | C | C− | B+ | C |
| Hunstanton | 4,230 | 4.1 | D | C− | C | C− |
| King's Lynn | 47,604 | 8.7 | D | B− | D | D |
| Gayton | 1,522 | 9.5 | — | C− | B− | B− |
| Clenchwarton | 2,020 | 10 | — | C | A | C |
| West Winch | 2,828 | 12 | C+ | D | A− | B |
Gayton and Clenchwarton have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Primary results beat 93% of towns in England (Department for Education, Key Stage 2). One state school is inside the town; places are handled by Norfolk council.
That is 3.2 times the typical UK town for its size.
Town in Norfolk, England
Snettisham is a built-up area of 2,709 people, in the King's Lynn and West Norfolk council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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