Alburgh Street
Village · 302 residents
56Good
Good · better than 2 in 10 villages
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- Less recorded crime than is typical: 26 per 1,000 people a year against 100
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- Flood risk: 10% of the area is in the highest flood zone, so check the street
- Transport scores 31, below the typical 60
- Food & drink scores 37, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Alburgh Street
Map outline: Official built-up area
Is Alburgh Street a good place to live?
Alburgh Street scores 56/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for safety (88).
It scores lowest on transport (31) and food & drink (37).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Alburgh Street in East of England, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Alburgh Street
Alburgh Street is the sort of place where the houses do the talking: detached, freehold, set apart from one another, with none of the new-build estates that have filled in so many Norfolk villages. Thirty-seven people live here, spread thinly enough that you're more likely to know your neighbours' cars than their names in passing. The median age sits close to fifty-four, well above the national figure, and that tells you most of what you need to know before you've even parked up — this is a settled, older community, not a starter-home enclave.
Practically speaking, this is a place you drive from rather than commute out of. There's no rail station in the picture, and the connectivity and transport grades — both on the low side against a national average — confirm it: you'll want a car, and broadband becomes your lifeline for anything else, which is just as well since full-fibre coverage reaches better than two-thirds of homes. Schooling is thin but not absent: Alburgh With Denton Church of England Primary Academy serves the village itself, a small setting of just over a hundred pupils, with Earsham Church of England Primary Academy close by too. Neither has a published Ofsted rating here, so judge them on visiting rather than on paper. On price, a typical detached home changes hands for around £337,500 — a shade under the national detached average but firmly above South Norfolk's district median, so you're paying a premium of roughly 13% to be in this particular village rather than the wider area.