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A town of 9,684 in Suffolk, East of England.
Mildenhall grades C− overall against UK towns: better than 17% of UK towns. Its strongest subject is hazard risk (B+): 0% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. Its weakest is schools (D−): primary results beat 2% of towns in England; secondary results beat 10% of towns in England. The median home sold for £245,000 in the last three years, 4.4 times what households in the West Suffolk council area earn in a year.
The 3 things Mildenhall 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 Mildenhall is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 48 buildings inside Mildenhall’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I, and 2 scheduled monuments.
7% 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 Mildenhall.
That puts Mildenhall above both Suffolk’s towns (10%) and England’s towns (12%). The median resident of Mildenhall is 38.2 years old. Over-65s are 19% of the population.
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Mildenhall | Suffolk | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 16% | 10% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 19% | 23% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 31% | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.1% | 6.5% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 21% | 27% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Suffolk and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Heath AcademyLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 438 | D |
| Mildenhall College AcademyLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,317 | C− |
On this, Mildenhall is above both Suffolk’s towns (18.9) and England’s towns (22). Homes see 13.9 burglaries and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year. Police recorded 715 crimes inside Mildenhall’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 45 reports of anti-social behaviour.
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
Women here live to 82.4 on average and men to 78.5 (2019–23). The nearest A&E to Mildenhall is West Suffolk Hospital, 11.6 miles away. One GP practice serves the town; 81% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey.
| Census 2021 | Mildenhall | Suffolk | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 81% | 81% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.4% | 5% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 18% | 18% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 16% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
In the comparison, Mildenhall comes above both Suffolk’s towns (79%) and England’s towns (70%). 17% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
For Mildenhall, that is above both Suffolk’s towns (19%) and England’s towns (21%). 52% of households own their home.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £325,000 | 105 |
| Semi-detached | £245,000 | 93 |
| Terraced | £193,500 | 90 |
| Flat or maisonette | £130,000 | 20 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Mildenhall has 48 listed buildings inside its built-up area on Historic England’s list: 1 Grade I, 0 Grade II*. 7% of its homes were built before 1919.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
48 listed buildings in Mildenhall, 1 of them Grade I.
Market cross: Photo: Keith Evans · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Hanmer Almshouses: Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0 · The Riverside Hotel: Photo: Yeathan21 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Part of Doctors Surgery the Market Cafe: Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0
9 notable people were born in Mildenhall.
Pelham Aldrich: Alfred H. Cade, Public domain · David P. Cooley: Staff Sgt. Desiree N. Palacios, Public domain · Henry Bunbury: Thomas Ryder / After Thomas Lawrence, CC0 · John Young: Maull & Co, CC BY-SA 4.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mildenhall | 9,684 | — | C− | B | C− | C |
| Beck Row | 4,129 | 2 | C | B− | B− | B |
| Red Lodge | 5,771 | 3.1 | C+ | B− | C | A− |
| Little Eriswell | 4,120 | 3.1 | A− | B | A+ | B+ |
| Isleham | 2,287 | 4 | — | B+ | B+ | B+ |
| Lakenheath | 4,567 | 4.6 | C+ | B | B | B− |
| Kentford | 1,124 | 5.4 | — | C− | B | A− |
| Fordham | 2,566 | 5.7 | B+ | B+ | B− | B |
Isleham and Kentford have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Mildenhall has 3 state schools; places are handled by Suffolk council.
That is 2 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Church of St Mary. It also has 2 scheduled monuments.
At the 2021 Census, 16% of Mildenhall’s 9,684 residents were 15 to 24 and 19% were 65 or over, against 12% and 18% across England’s towns.
It has more crime per resident than most places its size: 85% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people report less. Police recorded 715 crimes inside Mildenhall’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, 50% of them violence and sexual offences, a police category that includes harassment and stalking.
Town in Suffolk, England
Mildenhall is a built-up area of 9,684 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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