Brentwood

24°COvercast

• Today: 24° / 15° · 21% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 17° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:22

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Stanford-le-Hope Roadside, United Kingdom

64 reported · July 2026▼ 16% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences24
• Other theft9
• Anti-social behaviour7
• Shoplifting6

6 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Hutton and Shenfield · Essex

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

99 reported road collisions (2024)

26 killed or seriously injured · 132 casualties · 12.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

343 food businesses within 2 miles

• 277 rated 4–5 ★ (240 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Shenfield (1.3 km)
• 13 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£513,537 average▼ 1.6% YoY

Across Brentwood · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,618 average monthly rent▲ 2.9% YoY

• 1 bed £1,106
• 2 bed £1,397
• 3 bed £1,714

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

12.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 12.9 times median annual pay (13.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · BP (8.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · ESSO (10.8 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

19 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Greater Anglia Trains 13 (1.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools6
• Sports pitches17
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

77,046 residents in Brentwood · 503/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 287 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,258 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (25% of 35,360)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

34 schools · 16,746 pupils

23 primary · 6 secondary · 5 other

Ofsted: 13 of 13 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

31inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Brentwood

1,571 CQC-registered services

• Care homes407
• GP practices230
• Dentists309
• Homecare agencies475
• Hospitals & hospices39

CQC ratings: 87% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 17 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Essex

• Within the Green Belt
• 27 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

151 applications decided

79.5% granted · 120 granted, 31 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Liberal Democrat / Labour / Independent coalition

• Lab 2
• Con 11
• LD 16
• Ref 8
• Oth 2

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools11
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens5
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,795 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

626 jobs advertised · £41,151 avg

e.g. Theatre Nurse/ODP - Recovery, Senior Staff Nurse - Oncology/ SACT, Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*

Source: Adzuna

£952 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£38,454 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 36,404 certificates

7.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Life expectancy: 84.6 yrs women · 81.2 yrs men

59% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.9
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.8
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Brentwood and Ongar:

• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test519 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office497 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make it compulsory for children to wear gloves ice skating 405 local signatures · 28,170 nationwide
• Pause housebuilding targets imposed on councils, review and identify local need405 local signatures · 16,962 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership352 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Shenfield Hall · 0.6 km

  Shenfield Hall is a Grade II listed medieval building in the Essex town of Shenfield, England.

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  Shenfield · 1.0 km

  Shenfield is a suburb of the Borough of Brentwood, in Essex, England. It lies to the north-east of Brentwood town centre. Shenfield was historically a separate village and parish. The civil parish was abolished in 193…

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  Shenfield High School · 1.0 km

  Shenfield High School is a coeducational 11-18 secondary school located in Shenfield, Essex, England. It has over 1200 students on roll, including 300 in the sixth form. It opened in 1962, celebrating its 50th anniver…

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  Brentwood Town F.C. · 1.1 km

  Brentwood Town Football Club is a football club based in Brentwood, Essex, England. They are currently members of the Isthmian League Premier Division and play at the Brentwood Centre Arena.

• Phoenix FM · 1.2 km

  Phoenix FM is a community radio station serving the areas of Brentwood and Billericay, United Kingdom, broadcasting on 98.0FM, east London, south and west Essex, north Kent and east Hertfordshire on DAB, and worldwide…

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  Shenfield railway station · 1.3 km

  Shenfield railway station is on the Great Eastern Main Line in the East of England, serving the suburb of Shenfield, Essex. As well as being a key interchange for medium- and long-distance services on the main line, i…

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