Breckland: local statistics
Breckland is a district council area in the East of England, home to an estimated 148,095 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Breckland, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
A typical home in Breckland cost £268,905 in July 2026, on the UK House Price Index, up 0.6% on a year before. Among council areas that puts it 38th of 45 in the East of England, counting from the highest; the average for the East of England was £337,518. Since July 2016 prices have risen 32%; the July high in the series was £269,604 in 2023. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Breckland (£34,399) gives a ratio of 7.8. That ratio is the 32nd highest ratio of all 45 council areas in the East of England.
In April 2025 the middle full-time earner living in Breckland took home £716.90 a week before tax (£34,399 a year). It is the 37th highest of all 45 council areas in the East of England, and 10.9% less than across the East of England. Jobs based in Breckland paid a median £693.50 a week, £23.40 less than the figure for people who live there. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £451.20: a change of +59% before inflation.
The police recorded 48.6 crimes per 1,000 residents in Breckland in the year to March 2026 (7,199 offences in all), the 34th highest rate of 42 in the East of England. The rate was 51.1 in the year to March 2025. Across the 11 years shown it ranged from 46.8 to 63.4 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
In 2022 to 2024, women in Breckland had a life expectancy at birth of 83.4 years; for men it was 79.8 (England: 83.3 and 79.5). Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by +0.2 years for women and -0.5 for men. It is the 33rd highest for women of 45 in the East of England.
For 2026-27 the average Band D council tax bill in Breckland is £2,443.67, up £115.08 on 2025-26. It is the 16th highest of 45 in the East of England. In 2016-17 the figure was £1,558.80, so it has risen 57%.
In August 2026, 2,170 people in Breckland were on the claimant count, 2.6% of residents aged 16 to 64, compared with 3.3% in the East of England. Twelve months before, it was 2.3%. Over the last five years it peaked at 3.2% in August 2021 and was lowest at 2.1% in September 2023.
Breckland had an estimated 148,095 residents in mid-2025, up 0.9% on a year earlier. That is 12,428 more people than in mid-2015, a rise of 9.2%, against +8.5% for the East of England as a whole. That is mid-table in the East of England, 19th of 45. No earlier year in the series was higher.
In March 2026, 6,200 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses were based in Breckland, 6% more than in 2016. That is 42 for every 1,000 residents, 39th of 45 in the East of England, counting from the highest.
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 79.0% of Breckland residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026 (give or take 6.4 points); the figure for the East of England was 78.3%. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 70.8% to 79.0%.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 135,667 |
| 2016 | 137,190 |
| 2017 | 138,592 |
| 2018 | 139,146 |
| 2019 | 139,523 |
| 2020 | 140,408 |
| 2021 | 142,160 |
| 2022 | 143,566 |
| 2023 | 145,188 |
| 2024 | 146,784 |
| 2025 | 148,095 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £203,028 |
| July 2017 | £210,984 |
| July 2018 | £216,870 |
| July 2019 | £218,260 |
| July 2020 | £220,217 |
| July 2021 | £236,692 |
| July 2022 | £268,665 |
| July 2023 | £269,604 |
| July 2024 | £259,345 |
| July 2025 | £267,294 |
| July 2026 | £268,905 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £451.20 a week |
| 2016 | £463.40 a week |
| 2017 | £463.80 a week |
| 2018 | £498.30 a week |
| 2019 | £516.90 a week |
| 2020 | £519.40 a week |
| 2021 | £521.10 a week |
| 2022 | £590.70 a week |
| 2023 | £636.20 a week |
| 2024 | £680.20 a week |
| 2025 | £716.90 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,558.80 |
| 2017-18 | £1,629.50 |
| 2018-19 | £1,725.88 |
| 2019-20 | £1,798.16 |
| 2020-21 | £1,871.80 |
| 2021-22 | £1,948.60 |
| 2022-23 | £2,010.63 |
| 2023-24 | £2,114.41 |
| 2024-25 | £2,219.32 |
| 2025-26 | £2,328.59 |
| 2026-27 | £2,443.67 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 48.6 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 46.8 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 52.0 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 56.4 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 60.4 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 59.3 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 63.4 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 60.1 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 53.7 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 51.1 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 48.6 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 75.2% |
| 2016/17 | 76.5% |
| 2017/18 | 73.8% |
| 2018/19 | 77.4% |
| 2019/20 | 76.2% |
| 2020/21 | 78.8% |
| 2021/22 | 78.9% |
| 2022/23 | 77.3% |
| 2023/24 | 73.9% |
| 2024/25 | 70.8% |
| 2025/26 | 79.0% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 83.2 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 82.8 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 83.2 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 83.4 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 84.2 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 84.0 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 83.8 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 83.6 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 83.6 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 83.4 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 83.4 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 5,840 |
| 2017 | 5,960 |
| 2018 | 6,000 |
| 2019 | 5,975 |
| 2020 | 6,000 |
| 2021 | 5,995 |
| 2022 | 6,055 |
| 2023 | 6,080 |
| 2024 | 6,145 |
| 2025 | 6,110 |
| 2026 | 6,200 |
Questions about Breckland
What is the average house price in Breckland?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £268,905.
What is the average salary in Breckland?
Median pay for full-time employees living in Breckland was £716.90 a week in April 2025 (£34,399 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
What is the crime rate in Breckland?
Home Office figures show 7,199 offences in the year to March 2026, or 48.6 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
What is life expectancy in Breckland?
83.4 years for women and 79.8 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
How much is Band D council tax in Breckland?
£2,443.67 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Breckland?
2,170 in August 2026 (2.6% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
What is the population of Breckland?
The ONS estimates 148,095 people lived in Breckland in mid-2025.
Who has power over Breckland
Every body that makes decisions for Breckland, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Breckland council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Breckland in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Mid Norfolk: George Freeman (Conservative) MP
- South West Norfolk: Terry Jermy (Labour) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the East of England
- UK figures: UK average house price · UK average weekly earnings growth · Crime Survey for England and Wales: headline crime
- Other council areas in the East of England: Broadland · Cambridge · Ipswich · Norwich · South Norfolk · St Albans
Related questions
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