Castle Point

16°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 24° / 14° · 9% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:26Sunset 19:21

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom

51 reported · July 2026▲ 31% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences10
• Other theft8
• Criminal damage & arson7
• Shoplifting7

Neighbourhood team: Benfleet · Essex

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

102 reported road collisions (2024)

26 killed or seriously injured · 116 casualties · 11.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

319 food businesses within 2 miles

• 284 rated 4–5 ★ (259 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

2 active warnings & alerts

• Flood alert: The Essex coast from Clacton to and including, St Peters Flat and the Colne and Blackwater estuaries
• Flood alert: The Essex coast at Coalhouse Fort

Source: Environment Agency

• Nearest station: Benfleet (1.7 km)
• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£362,602 average▼ 1.1% YoY

Across Castle Point · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,257 average monthly rent▲ 4.8% YoY

• 1 bed £939
• 2 bed £1,165
• 3 bed £1,420

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

9.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.8 times median annual pay (10.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 135.8p · AppleGreen (9.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (9.1 km)

17 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

16 charging locations within ~8 km

• 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: Morrisons Hadleigh Benfleet (1.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools8
• Sports pitches3
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

89,587 residents in Castle Point · 2,005/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 182 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,319 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (35% of 39,570)

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

33 schools · 12,631 pupils

23 primary · 5 secondary · 5 other

Ofsted: 13 of 16 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (81%)

30inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Castle Point

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
• 5 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

68 applications decided

86.8% granted · 59 granted, 9 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

PIP / CIIP coalition

• Ref 1
• Oth 38

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,595 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£805 median full-time weekly pay

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

£26,682 disposable income per head (2024)

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

28% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 33,940 certificates

8.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 84.3 yrs women · 80.4 yrs men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.8
• Feeling worthwhile8.3
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Castle Point:

• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test507 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office470 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Publish a decision on the Park Home Sales Commission in 2026337 local signatures · 10,110 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership312 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance299 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide

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

• 
  Benfleet Urban District · 0.6 km

  Benfleet Urban District was an urban district in the county of Essex, England. It was created in 1929 and abolished in 1974.

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  Borough of Castle Point · 0.7 km

  Castle Point is a local government district with borough status in south Essex, England, lying around 30 miles (48 km) east of London. The borough comprises the towns of South Benfleet, Hadleigh and Thundersley on the…

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  Castle Point (constituency) · 1.3 km

  Castle Point is a constituency in Essex represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Dame Rebecca Harris, a Conservative.

• The King John School · 1.3 km

  The King John School, often abbreviated to King John, is a secondary academy school with a sixth form in Thundersley, Essex, England. It is named after King John of England (1166–1216). The main school building was op…

• Castle View School · 1.5 km

  Castle View School is a comprehensive school for ages 11–16, on Canvey Island in Essex, England, on the old Furtherwick School site in the Canvey town centre. As of 2006, it has some 900 pupils and 200 staff.

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  Hadleigh Farm · 1.6 km

  Hadleigh Farm is an educational working farm and cross-country cycling venue located in Hadleigh, within the borough of Castle Point, in the county of Essex. The men's and women's mountain biking events of the 2012 Su…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)