Tostock
Village · 458 residents
68Good
Good · better than 7 in 10 villages
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
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What’s good
- Less recorded crime than is typical: 31 per 1,000 people a year against 100
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- Food & drink scores 31, below the typical 60
- Health scores 36, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Tostock
Map outline: Official built-up area
Is Tostock a good place to live?
Tostock scores 68/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for safety (91).
It scores lowest on food & drink (31) and health (36).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Tostock in East of England, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Tostock
Tostock is the sort of place where the housing stock does the talking: detached homes on quiet lanes, a handful of sales a year, almost nothing changing hands. There's no high street rhythm to describe because there isn't really a high street — this is a village of 63 people living at a density you'd more readily associate with a scattered hamlet than a Suffolk postcode, and it attracts people who've already decided that's the point.
The numbers behind the practical picture are thin, which is itself informative — this isn't a place with much rail infrastructure or school choice to weigh up. Norton CEVC Primary sits in the sample as the local option, a voluntary controlled school, though no Ofsted grade is listed for it here. With a median age over fifty, a good decade above the regional average, Tostock reads as a village for people past the school-run years rather than a commuter feeder town — there's little in the data to suggest a rail-and-childcare crowd, and you shouldn't expect one.
Green space is modest in raw hectares but the village is small enough that its five plots of open land go a long way per head — more than most places manage nationally, even if the regional average edges it out slightly. There isn't a restaurant or pub named in what's on record here, so day-to-day life looks like it's built around the house and garden rather than venues you'd walk to. Healthcare and connectivity grade respectably rather than exceptionally — full-fibre coverage sits just above half of properties, decent but not remarkable for 2024.