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A town of 4,129 in Suffolk, East of England.
Beck Row grades C overall against UK towns: better than 32% of UK towns, and #31 of 34 in Suffolk. Its strongest subject is health (B): life expectancy 80.4 for men, 84.8 for women. Its weakest is schools (D−): primary results beat 2% of towns in England. The median home sold for £271,000 in the last three years, 4.9 times what households in the West Suffolk council area earn in a year.
The 3 things Beck Row 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 Beck Row is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 6 buildings inside Beck Row’s built-up area.
4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Beck Row.
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beck Row Primary AcademyLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 243 | C− |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Beck Row has 6 listed buildings inside its built-up area on Historic England’s list: 0 Grade I, 0 Grade II*. 4% of its homes were built before 1919.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 17% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Beck Row sits below both Suffolk’s towns (19%) and England’s towns (27%) on this measure. 91% of commuters drove to work at the census.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
That puts Beck Row below both Suffolk’s towns (18%) and England’s towns (17%). Beck Row has no GP practice of its own; the nearest is 2.3 miles away. These answers aren’t adjusted for age, so young towns look healthier; the Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
| Census 2021 | Beck Row | Suffolk | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 87% | 81% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.7% | 5% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 13% | 18% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL
Police recorded 177 crimes inside Beck Row’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 27 reports of anti-social behaviour. Violence came to 24.1 per 1,000 residents a year, above Suffolk’s towns (18.9) and close to England’s towns (22). Violence and sexual offences were 47% of the crimes; the police category includes harassment and stalking.
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
On this, Beck Row is above both Suffolk’s towns (19%) and England’s towns (21%). 42% of households own their home.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £320,000 | 90 |
| Semi-detached | £229,950 | 47 |
| Terraced | £205,000 | 27 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
In the comparison, Beck Row comes above both Suffolk’s towns (16%) and England’s towns (18%). People 65 and over make up 11% of the town. Beck Row has a median age of 31.4.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Beck Row | Suffolk | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 24% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 10% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 36% | 24% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 18% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 11% | 23% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 27% | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.6% | 6.5% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 27% | 27% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Suffolk and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beck Row | 4,129 | — | C | B− | B− | B |
| Mildenhall | 9,684 | 2 | C− | B | C− | C |
| Little Eriswell | 4,120 | 2.5 | A− | B | A+ | B+ |
| Lakenheath | 4,567 | 3.3 | C+ | B | B | B− |
| Isleham | 2,287 | 3.6 | — | B+ | B+ | B+ |
| Red Lodge | 5,771 | 4.7 | C+ | B− | C | A− |
| Fordham | 2,566 | 5.9 | B+ | B+ | B− | B |
| Hockwold cum Wilton | 1,303 | 6.8 | — | D | A | C+ |
Isleham and Hockwold cum Wilton have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
One state school is inside the town; places are handled by Suffolk council.
Band D council tax in Beck Row is £2,292 for 2026–27, less than in 76% of UK towns (council, county, police and fire, plus the parish or town council). Your own bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.
At the 2021 Census, 12% of Beck Row’s 4,129 residents were 15 to 24 and 11% were 65 or over, against 12% and 18% across England’s towns.
Town in Suffolk, England
Beck Row is a built-up area of 4,129 people, in the West Suffolk 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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