Brooke
Village · 793 residents
58Good
Good · better than 3 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: 14 per 1,000 people a year against 100
- Affordability scores 71, well above the typical 60
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- Transport scores 31, below the typical 60
- Health scores 32, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Brooke
Map outline: Official built-up area
Is Brooke a good place to live?
Brooke scores 58/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for safety (93) and affordability (71).
It scores lowest on transport (31) and health (32).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Brooke in East of England, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Brooke
Brooke reads like most of south Norfolk's better villages: detached houses on generous plots, hedges rather than fences, and the kind of quiet that makes a delivery van sound like an event. There's no high street to speak of in the retail sense — this is a place people move to for the house and the space around it, not for a parade of shops.
The numbers behind that impression are telling. A median house price sitting well above both the regional and national averages — and roughly 43% above the South Norfolk district figure — confirms this is one of the pricier corners of the area, not a budget village. Every recorded sale in the local sample was freehold, and detached homes dominate; a For Sale board here is overwhelmingly likely to be advertising a freehold detached property, not a flat or a starter terrace. That fits an income decile of 9 and a median age pushing 54: this is a settled, comfortably-off population, not a first-time-buyer launchpad. On schooling, Brooke has its own Church of England primary along with Seething and Mundham Primary (rated Good) close by, giving families a credible local option even though the village itself doesn't stretch to a secondary school. Connectivity and transport grades sit lower than everything else here (C+ and C), which is the honest trade-off — you're choosing peace over a rail commute, and getting online reliably (two-thirds full-fibre coverage) matters more than getting to a station quickly.