Southend-on-Sea

18°COvercast

• Today: 23° / 16° · 11% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 18° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:25Sunset 19:21

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

1244 reported · July 2026▲ 6% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences471
• Anti-social behaviour177
• Shoplifting127
• Public order92

121 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Southend Central · Essex

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

280 reported road collisions (2024)

74 killed or seriously injured · 340 casualties · 15.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 392 rated 4–5 ★ (293 top)
• 23 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

1 active warning/alert

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

Source: Environment Agency

• Nearest station: Southend Victoria (0.3 km)
• 66 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£325,586 average▲ 3.7% YoY

Across Southend-on-Sea · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,296 average monthly rent▲ 4.7% YoY

• 1 bed £872
• 2 bed £1,108
• 3 bed £1,349

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

10.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.7 times median annual pay (9.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · Esso (7.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · Morrisons (11 km)

13 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

21 charging locations within ~8 km

• 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Civic Centre Southend (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches23
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

180,686 residents in Southend-on-Sea · 4,336/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 129 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

8% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,265 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (30% of 83,360)

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

60 schools · 32,438 pupils

33 primary · 12 secondary · 15 other

Ofsted: 25 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

52inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Southend-on-Sea

251 CQC-registered services

• Care homes86
• GP practices34
• Dentists37
• Homecare agencies77
• Hospitals & hospices3

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 4 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Southend-on-Sea

• Not in the Green Belt
• 38 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

205 applications decided

83.4% granted · 171 granted, 34 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Mr Bayo Alaba

Independent

Southend East and Rochford

Source: UK Parliament

Labour / Green / Liberal Democrat coalition

• Lab 17
• Con 11
• LD 3
• Grn 4
• Ref 11
• Oth 5

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

• Schools13
• GPs & clinics6
• Pharmacies7
• Supermarkets9
• Parks & greens22
• Restaurants & cafés193

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,850 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

817 jobs advertised · £39,530 avg

e.g. Nursery Practitioner Level 3, Nursery Manager, Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*

Source: Adzuna

£810 median full-time weekly pay

4.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,130 disposable income per head (2024)

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

32% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 88,368 certificates

10.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

60% low-carbon electricity

Gas 36% · Nuclear 28% · Biomass 19% · Wind 13%

166 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.2 yrs women · 79.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 61.4 women · 61.3 men

58% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

11 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in SS2

• Central Surgery - Southchurch Blvd
• Dr Sooriakumaran
• North Avenue Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Southend East and Rochford:

• Pass house building reforms for construction of 1.4 million approved houses749 local signatures · 7,452 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership425 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office423 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test372 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s296 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Southend Court House · 0.2 km

  Southend Court House is a Crown Court venue which deals with criminal cases, as well as a County Court venue, which deals with civil cases, in Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, England. Located immediately to the sout…

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  Southend Civic Centre · 0.2 km

  Southend Civic Centre is a municipal building in Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. It serves as the meeting place for the Southend-on-Sea City Council and houses the council's administrative offices. I…

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  Southend Central Museum · 0.3 km

  Southend Central Museum is a museum in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. The museum houses collections of local and natural history and contains a planetarium constructed by astronomer Harry Ford in 1984.

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  The Jazz Centre UK · 0.3 km

  The Jazz Centre UK is a cultural charity organization focused on jazz music, based in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. It was established in 2016 by British musician Digby Fairweather. The Centre's published aim is "to preserv…

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  Southend Victoria railway station · 0.3 km

  Southend Victoria railway station is the eastern terminus of the Shenfield to Southend Line, a branch off the Great Eastern Main Line, in the East of England. It is one of two primary stations that serve the resort ci…

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  The Ratman of Southend · 0.3 km

  The Ratman of Southend is an English urban legend originating in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. The story of the Ratman tells of an old homeless man, who while seeking shelter from the cold in an underpass, was set upon by a…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)