Boreham

18°COvercast

• Today: 22° / 18° · 78% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:19

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

15 reported · July 2026▲ 7% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences8
• Criminal damage & arson2
• Burglary1
• Drugs1

1 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: North Chelmsford · Essex

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

300 reported road collisions (2024)

77 killed or seriously injured · 393 casualties · 16.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

56 food businesses within 2 miles

• 49 rated 4–5 ★ (46 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Beaulieu Park (1.7 km)
• 16 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£383,103 average▼ 1.2% YoY

Across Chelmsford · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,442 average monthly rent▲ 3.3% YoY

• 1 bed £1,061
• 2 bed £1,294
• 3 bed £1,545

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 (11.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (6.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 146.8p · AppleGreen (4.8 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

31 charging locations within ~8 km

• 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: BP Garage (1.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools12
• Sports pitches11
• Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

181,523 residents in Chelmsford · 536/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 260 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,300 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (29% of 81,730)

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

86 schools · 31,575 pupils

55 primary · 10 secondary · 21 other

Ofsted: 27 of 31 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (87%)

72inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Chelmsford

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
• 22 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

307 applications decided

83.1% granted · 255 granted, 52 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Mrs Kemi Badenoch

Conservative

North West Essex

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 19
• LD 31
• Ref 2
• Oth 5

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens7
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,385 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

19 jobs advertised · £43,555 avg

e.g. Become a Spanish Tutor in Boreham – Flexible & Remote, Become a Yoga Tutor in Boreham – Flexible & Remote, Become a Primary school Tutor in Boreham – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

£878 median full-time weekly pay

2.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£28,603 disposable income per head (2024)

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

49% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 82,010 certificates

7.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

84% low-carbon electricity

Wind 57% · Nuclear 19% · Gas 15% · Biomass 8%

67 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.2 yrs women · 81.5 yrs men

60% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.8
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.8

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North West Essex:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership423 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office417 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test399 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s387 local signatures · 217,501 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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  Boreham · 0.2 km

  Boreham is a village and civil parish in the Chelmsford district of Essex, England. The village is approximately 3.7 miles (6.0 km) north-east of the centre of Chelmsford. At the 2021 census the parish had a populatio…

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  Boreham House · 1.3 km

  Boreham House is a Grade I Listed mansion set in 35 acres (140,000 m2) at Boreham, Chelmsford, Essex, England. Boreham House was built from 1728 to 1733 for Benjamin Hoare and from 1931 to 1997 the House was owned by…

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  Beaulieu Park railway station · 1.8 km

  Beaulieu Park railway station is on the Great Eastern Main Line (GEML) in the East of England. It serves the new Beaulieu Park housing development in Boreham, approximately 3 miles (5 km) to the north-east of Chelmsfo…

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  New Hall School · 2.2 km

  New Hall School is a Catholic co-educational private boarding and day school for girls and boys aged 1-19 in the village of Boreham near Chelmsford, Essex, England. It was founded in 1642 in the Low Countries, now Bel…

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  Palace of Beaulieu · 2.2 km

  The Palace of Beaulieu or Newhall is a former royal palace in Boreham, Essex, England, north-east of Chelmsford. The surviving part is a Grade I listed building. The property is currently occupied by New Hall School.

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  Mowden, Essex · 2.3 km

  Mowden is a hamlet in the civil parish of Hatfield Peverel, in the Braintree district, in the county of Essex, England. It is about 5 miles away from the city of Chelmsford and about 1 and a half miles away from the l…

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