Braintree

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• Today: 11° / 8° · 21% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:57Sunset 16:24

9h 27m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

• 7.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

269 reported · August 2026▲ 19% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences112
• Anti-social behaviour49
• Criminal damage & arson23
• Other theft17

9 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Bocking and Braintree · Essex

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

228 reported road collisions (2025)

77 killed or seriously injured · 283 casualties · 14.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

274 food businesses within 2 miles

• 240 rated 4–5 ★ (213 top)
• 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Braintree (0.4 km)
• 66 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£330,089 average▲ 1.6% YoY

Across Braintree · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,213 average monthly rent▲ 2% YoY

• 1 bed £850
• 2 bed £1,099
• 3 bed £1,354

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

9.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.2 times median annual pay (10.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,224 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: 168.9p · Asda (11.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 197.9p · Asda (11.3 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

10 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Braintree Town Centre (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms2
• Sports pitches28
• Playgrounds13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Cost of living programme delivers more than £559,000 financial impact for residents· 29 Oct 2026
• Braintree District celebrates volunteer and sporting heroes· 22 Oct 2026
• Council appeals for information following fly-tipping incident· 21 Oct 2026
• Council vows to continue raising concerns following Secretary of State call-in decision on Rivenhall Incinerator applications· 20 Oct 2026
• Free parking weekends to boost our town centres this festive season· 19 Oct 2026

Source: Braintree Council

155,270 residents in Braintree · 254/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,408
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,406
• Net moves+2,002

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 164 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,280 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (29% of 71,120)

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

68 schools · 21,326 pupils

52 primary · 8 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 30 of 33 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (91%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Braintree

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

• In a conservation area (Braintree Town Centre and Bradford Street)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 159 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

238 applications decided

81.9% granted · 195 granted, 43 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Sir James Cleverly

Conservative

Braintree

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Lab 9
• Con 30
• Grn 4
• Ref 1
• Oth 5

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

• Schools15
• GPs & clinics1
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens35
• Restaurants & cafés40

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,625 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

498 jobs advertised · £36,294 avg

e.g. Roadside Mechanic, Roadside Technician - Chelmsford, Senior Staff Nurse - Oncology/ SACT

Source: Adzuna

£826 median full-time weekly pay

2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,019 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 · 68,719 certificates

10.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

58% low-carbon electricity

Gas 41% · Wind 38% · Nuclear 14% · Biomass 6%

170 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 80.5 yrs men

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

75% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

11 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in CM7

• Church Lane Surgery
• The Freshford Practice
• Mount Chambers Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Braintree:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth295 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK232 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND215 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills160 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases158 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide

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

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  Braintree Town Hall · 0.0 km

  Braintree Town Hall is a municipal facility in the Market Square in Braintree, Essex, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Braintree and Bocking Urban District Council, is a Grade II* listed building.

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  Braintree and Bocking · 0.0 km

  Braintree and Bocking was an urban district in Essex, England. It was created in 1934 as a merger of the old urban district of Braintree with the neighbouring parish of Bocking. The district was abolished in 1974 and…

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  Our Lady Queen of Peace Church, Braintree · 0.1 km

  Our Lady Queen of Peace Church, Braintree is a Catholic parish church in Braintree, Essex, England.

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  Braintree, Essex · 0.2 km

  Braintree is a town in Essex, England. At the 2021 census the built up area as defined by the Office for National Statistics had a population of 43,190. It is the largest settlement in the Braintree District, which al…

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  Warner Textile Archive · 0.3 km

  The Warner Textile Archive is a UK-based collection of textiles, designs and paper records operated by Braintree District Museum Trust. It opened in 1993 and is the second-largest collection of publicly-owned textiles…

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  Braintree District · 0.4 km

  Braintree District is a local government district in Essex, England. The district is named after the town of Braintree, where the council is based. The district also includes the towns of Halstead and Witham and surro…

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