Forest Area Guide | £311k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha
Avg IMD
Around average
Population
3,367
Households
1,484
Crimes · Jun '26
8
1,484
Households
White Brit. · 89%
Ethnicity
Christian · 50%
Religion
Around average
Avg IMD
8
Crimes · Jun '26
£310,541
Median property price
140
Postcodes
1,484
Households
White Brit. · 89%
Ethnicity
Christian · 50%
Religion
Around average
Avg IMD
8
Crimes · Jun '26
£310,541
Median property price
140
Postcodes

Sold prices in Forest

England & Wales
Property sales · Forest
HM Land Registry · Forest
Average price
£298,820
YoY: -2.6%
Median price: £310,159
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Jun '24 – Jun '26Jun '26: 1 sales · avg £220,000
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£473k£334k£195k
Jun '24Dec '24Jun '25Dec '25Jun '26
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Police Recorded Crime in Forest

England & Wales
Crime trends · Forest

Counts are the sum of electoral wards in this area, not a 1-mile street search around a point.

data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearJul '24 – Jun '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
2
YoY —
950
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
3
YoY —
320
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
0
YoY —
420
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
2
YoY —
210
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
0
YoY —
210
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

0 of 5 key categories improving

8
incidents · Jun '26

Demographics in Forest

Ethnicity

Total residents: 3,369
White Brit.89.1%
Other White6.4%
+ other · 4.5%

Religion

Total residents: 3,364
Christian49.9%
No religion43.5%
Not answered5.2%
+ other · 1.4%

Age groups

Total residents: 3,367
50–6422.4%
35–4917.3%
65–7414.6%
25–3410.0%
75–848.4%
+ 6 other age groups · 27.3%

Households

Total households: 1,484
All members 66+15.7%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children15.4%
Other14.2%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children13.1%
Any member 66+12.5%
+ 7 other households · 29.2%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Forest

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Around average
Mean decile 5.49 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Around average on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 5.49 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Flood risk in Forest

No high or medium flood zones in the sample

9 sampled points outside Zones 2 and 3

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

None of the sample points sit in published Zone 2 or Zone 3.

Environment Agency flood map for planning · 9-point area sample, not a check on any one property

Amenities in Forest

GPs make up most of the mapped places

24 GPs · 12 Museums · 6 Libraries · 45 in all

  • GPs24
  • Museums12
  • Libraries6
  • Hospitals3

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

School applications

We've matched this area to Norfolk.

You apply through this education local authority even if the school is in another council area.

Breckland is the district council. School applications go through Norfolk.

Last published allocation

None of the schools listed here has a published last-distance figure, so we cannot compare a postcode with last year's allocation. We do not draw catchment maps in this list; where we hold a council's map, it is on the school's page.

Apply for a primary place via Norfolk

GOV.UK is the official apply and admissions handoff. We do not link a generic council homepage. Per-LA composite prospectus URLs are not in the API yet.

Schools in Forest

Open state schools in this area, ranked by Ofsted rating.

View all schools in this area

School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.

Overview of Forest

Coordinates52.4494, 0.7042
Postcodes
140
Population (Census)
3,367
Households (Census)
1,484
Recorded crime · Jun '26
8

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