Boreham

11°CSunny

• Today: 11° / 9° · 16% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:57Sunset 16:25

9h 28m 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

• 7.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.4% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

26 reported · August 2026▲ 37% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences10
• Anti-social behaviour3
• Drugs3
• Criminal damage & arson2

6 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: North Chelmsford · Essex

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

307 reported road collisions (2025)

86 killed or seriously injured · 378 casualties · 16.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

56 food businesses within 2 miles

• 50 rated 4–5 ★ (47 top)
• 0 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

£376,682 average▼ 2.4% YoY

Across Chelmsford · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,439 average monthly rent▲ 2.4% YoY

• 1 bed £1,059
• 2 bed £1,291
• 3 bed £1,543

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

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

2,400 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

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

5 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK12,861
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK11,516
• Net moves+1,345

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 233 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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

87 schools · 31,575 pupils

55 primary · 10 secondary · 22 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Chelmsford

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

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

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

291 applications decided

83.8% granted · 244 granted, 47 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Mrs Kemi Badenoch

Conservative

North West Essex

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 18
• LD 30
• Ref 2
• Oth 7

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,495 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

19 jobs advertised · £35,800 avg

e.g. Site Engineering Manager, Vehicle Technician |, Nursery Practitioner-Level 3

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

78% low-carbon electricity

Wind 45% · Nuclear 22% · Gas 20% · Biomass 11%

91 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.2 yrs women · 81.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Essex): 62.4 women · 62.7 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

9 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in CM3

• Beacon Health Group-Danbury Medical Ctr
• Little Waltham & Gt Notley Surgery
• The Laurels Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North West Essex:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth309 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND249 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills246 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks214 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK164 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

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

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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+1⁄2 miles away from the large vi…

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