Harlow

15°CClear

• Today: 24° / 13° · 13% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:28Sunset 19:23

12h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Bexley - Belvedere West, United Kingdom

593 reported · July 2026▲ 9% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences262
• Anti-social behaviour56
• Criminal damage & arson54
• Shoplifting52

45 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Netteswell · Essex

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

115 reported road collisions (2024)

24 killed or seriously injured · 142 casualties · 12.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

496 food businesses within 2 miles

• 411 rated 4–5 ★ (350 top)
• 8 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Harlow Town (1.9 km)
• 55 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£313,338 average▲ 1.7% YoY

Across Harlow · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,518 average monthly rent▲ 4.2% YoY

• 1 bed £1,021
• 2 bed £1,325
• 3 bed £1,570

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

8.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.8 times median annual pay (9.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (4.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 140.8p · AppleGreen (4.2 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

19 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: John Dowdell Close (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools4
• Sports pitches64
• Playgrounds24

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

93,328 residents in Harlow · 3,056/km²

• Under 16: 22%
• 16–64: 64%
• 65+: 15%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 100 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,299 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (48% of 40,520)

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

42 schools · 16,316 pupils

30 primary · 7 secondary · 5 other

Ofsted: 13 of 15 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (87%)

40inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Harlow

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

• In a conservation area (Netteswellbury)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 50 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

60 applications decided

90% granted · 54 granted, 6 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Conservative majority

• Lab 10
• Con 22
• Ref 1

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

• Schools21
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies6
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens43
• Restaurants & cafés34

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,075 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

772 jobs advertised · £38,844 avg

e.g. Apprentice Educator, Mobile Vehicle Technician - Harlow, Mobile Mechanic

Source: Adzuna

£728 median full-time weekly pay

4.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,350 disposable income per head (2024)

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

52% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 51,072 certificates

8.2% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 84 yrs women · 78.9 yrs men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.8
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.8

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2021-22

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Harlow:

• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test461 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office392 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s391 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership379 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth308 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

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  St Mark's West Essex Catholic School · 0.3 km

  St Mark's West Essex Catholic School is a Roman Catholic secondary school and sixth form with academy status located in Harlow, Essex, England.

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  Netteswell · 0.6 km

  Netteswell is a suburb of Harlow in Essex, England. Until the mid-20th century, Netteswell was a rural parish with a number of small settlements and scattered houses, with the two main settlements being Netteswell Cro…

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  BMAT STEM Academy · 0.7 km

  BMAT STEM Academy is a University Technical College within the Harlow College campus in Harlow, Essex, England, which opened in September 2014 as Sir Charles Kao UTC. It was named after the Nobel Prize winning scienti…

• Harlow College · 0.7 km

  Harlow College is a further education college in Harlow, Essex, England. This medium-sized college has 5,900 students as of 2018 of which 2,585 are on 16-19 programmes and 2,000 are on adult educational programmes. It…

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  Harlow Civic Centre · 0.9 km

  Harlow Civic Centre is a municipal building in Harlow, a town in Essex, in England. It is the offices and meeting place of Harlow District Council.

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  St Paul's Church, Harlow · 1.0 km

  St Paul's Church is a Church of England parish church located in the new town of Harlow, Essex, England. Designed by Derrick Humphrys and Reginald Hurst, it was built between 1957 and 1959. It is a Grade II listed bui…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)