Basildon

16°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 23° / 16° · 46% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 15° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:25Sunset 19:24

12h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

6US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

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

490 reported · July 2026▲ 5% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences219
• Anti-social behaviour64
• Shoplifting34
• Criminal damage & arson31

72 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Basildon · Essex

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

273 reported road collisions (2024)

73 killed or seriously injured · 344 casualties · 14.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

465 food businesses within 2 miles

• 364 rated 4–5 ★ (307 top)
• 21 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Basildon (0.1 km)
• 59 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£360,294 average▼ 1% YoY

Across Basildon · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,421 average monthly rent▲ 5.8% YoY

• 1 bed £981
• 2 bed £1,266
• 3 bed £1,504

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

9.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.7 times median annual pay (10.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 135.8p · AppleGreen (3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (3 km)

15 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

24 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Eastgate Shopping centre (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms3
• Sports pitches45
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds23

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

187,571 residents in Basildon · 1,705/km²

• Under 16: 21%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 111 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

11% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,327 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (31% of 80,090)

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

59 schools · 30,397 pupils

46 primary · 9 secondary · 4 other

Ofsted: 20 of 23 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (87%)

58inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Basildon

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

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

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

191 applications decided

92.7% granted · 177 granted, 14 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

James McMurdock

Independent

South Basildon and East Thurrock

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 12
• Con 12
• Ref 11
• Oth 7

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

• Schools12
• GPs & clinics4
• Pharmacies5
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens21
• Restaurants & cafés32

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,720 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

1,186 jobs advertised · £43,488 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Senior Site Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer - Basildon

Source: Adzuna

£806 median full-time weekly pay

3.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,031 disposable income per head (2024)

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

48% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 78,520 certificates

7.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

68% low-carbon electricity

Wind 38% · Gas 30% · Nuclear 19% · Biomass 11%

132 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.5 yrs women · 80 yrs men

75% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

10 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in SS16

• Clayhill Medical Practice
• Dr Gc Chajed'S Practice
• The Knares Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Basildon and East Thurrock:

• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test454 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office405 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership289 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance256 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s253 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Basildon railway station · 0.1 km

  Basildon is a railway station on the London, Tilbury and Southend line, serving the town of Basildon, Essex. It is 24 miles 26 chains (39.1 km) down the main line from London Fenchurch Street and is situated between L…

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  Basildon Town Centre · 0.3 km

  Basildon Town Centre is a planned town centre developed during the creation of the town of Basildon, Essex, in the 1950s. The architect Sir Basil Spence worked on its design.

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  Borough of Basildon · 0.3 km

  The Borough of Basildon is a local government district with borough status in Essex, England. It is named after its largest town, Basildon, where the council is based. The borough also includes the towns of Billericay…

• Woodlands School, Basildon · 0.4 km

  Woodlands School is a secondary school in Basildon, Essex. The school currently educates more than 1600 students from Basildon and South East Essex.

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  Gloucester Park, Basildon · 0.8 km

  Gloucester Park in Basildon is an urban neighbourhood park, named after the Duke of Gloucester who opened the park in 1957.

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  Basildon Urban District · 0.9 km

  Basildon Urban District was a local government district in south Essex, England, from 1934 to 1974.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)