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Billericay

Billericay is a town in Essex, England, with a population of around 36,338. It has around 2 GP surgeries and clinics, 2 pharmacies, 1 supermarket, and 15 restaurants and cafés, with 39 bus stops and Billericay railway station 0.3 km away, and the average sold house price is around £541,544. There were around 142 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence and sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Billericay area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Basildon area is around the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 187,571 residents at roughly 1,705 people per km².

Council
Basildon
County
Essex
Constituency
Basildon and Billericay
Police force
Essex
39/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 236th of 294 English council areas — better than 20% of them.

Low crime28
Home affordability31
Affordable rents21
Good schools42
Life expectancy42
Low deprivation40
Employment32
Low council tax76

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

9°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 11° / 9° · 17% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 9° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:57Sunset 16:26

9h 29m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.6 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.7% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

90 reported · August 2026▼ 24% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences33
  • Anti-social behaviour17
  • Shoplifting16
  • Public order6

7 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Billericay · Essex

Local policing priorities

  • We are working to reduce vehicle nuisance across the district.

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

Road safety

252 reported road collisions (2025)

77 killed or seriously injured · 305 casualties · 13.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

205 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 169 rated 4–5 ★ (145 top)
  • 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Billericay (0.3 km)
  • 39 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Billericay (0.3 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£366,218 average▲ 0.4% YoY

Across Basildon · to 2026-08

Detached£672,752
Semi-detached£427,038
Terraced£319,089
Flat£188,968

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,424 average monthly rent▲ 5.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £983
  • 2 bed £1,269
  • 3 bed £1,508

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

Affordability

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

Property sales

2,362 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 135.8p · AppleGreen (5.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (5.6 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

23 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 300 kW
  • Nearest: Ground Control LTD (0.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres7
  • Swimming pools28
  • Sports pitches29
  • Playgrounds11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK11,278
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK11,535
  • Net moves−257

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 120 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,327 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,551
B £1,810
C £2,069
D £2,327
E £2,844
F £3,362
G £3,879
H £4,654

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

Schools

59 schools · 30,397 pupils

46 primary · 9 secondary · 4 other

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

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

Secondary schools:

  • The Basildon Upper AcademyGood
  • The James Hornsby SchoolGood
  • Mayflower High SchoolRequires improvement
  • The Basildon Lower AcademyRequires improvement
  • Beauchamps High School
  • De La Salle School
  • Harris Academy Billericay
  • Harris Academy Kingswood
  • Harris Academy Wickford

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Basildon

Care & health services

1,574 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes408
  • GP practices229
  • Dentists312
  • Homecare agencies474
  • Hospitals & hospices40

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 17 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Essex

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

213 applications decided

89.7% granted · 191 granted, 22 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Mr Richard Holden

Conservative

Basildon and Billericay

Recent votes:

  • NoBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief)

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative (minority)

  • Lab 12
  • Con 12
  • Ref 11
  • Oth 7

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools8
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies3
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens11
  • Restaurants & cafés18

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,870 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

128 jobs advertised · £38,111 avg

e.g. Roadside Car Mechanic in the area of Bath, Mechanic in the area of Bath, Senior Sales Negotiator

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

75% low-carbon electricity

Wind 44% · Gas 24% · Nuclear 22% · Biomass 9%

105 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 83.5 yrs women · 80 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Essex): 62.4 women · 62.7 men

75% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Health services

1 GP surgery · 1 pharmacy in CM11

  • Essex Icb Provide Pod Surg - Facemed

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Basildon and Billericay:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Billericay railway station · 0.2 km

    Billericay railway station serves the town of Billericay, in Essex, England. It lies 24 miles 28 chains (39.19 km) east of London Liverpool Street, on the Shenfield to Southend Line between Shenfield and Wickford. The…

  • Billericay · 0.3 km

    Billericay is a historic market town and civil parish in the Borough of Basildon, Essex, England. It lies 23 miles (37 km) east of the City of London. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 28,562 and the…

  • Cater Museum · 0.5 km

    The Cater Museum is a small local museum in Billericay, Essex county, England. The museum was established by Alice May Cater, in honour of her late husband William Alexander Cater, a local antiquarian. It was opened t…

  • St John's School, Billericay · 0.5 km

    St John's School is an independent school in Billericay, Essex for students aged 3–16. The school is split into Kindergarten, Junior and Senior School.

  • Old Town Hall, Billericay · 0.6 km

    The Old Town Hall is a municipal building in the High Street, Billericay, Essex, England. The structure, which currently operates as a restaurant, was the meeting place of Billericay Urban District Council.

  • Lake Meadows · 0.7 km

    Lake Meadows is a park in Billericay, Essex, England. It is the site of many local events, including Billericay Fireworks and small-scale concerts. The Billericay fireworks are the largest firework display in Essex. A…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Billericay?
Billericay is a town in Essex, England, in the Basildon local authority.
What is the population of Billericay?
Billericay has an approximate settlement population of 36,338.
How deprived is Billericay?
The Basildon local authority, which includes Billericay, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.