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Brentwood

Brentwood is a town in Essex, England, with a population of around 52,586. It has around 1 GP surgery, 2 pharmacies, 1 supermarket, around 3 restaurants and cafés, 23 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Shenfield, 0.7 km away. The average sold house price is around £612,191, and there were around 198 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 Brentwood area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Brentwood area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 77,046 residents at roughly 503 people per km².

Council
Brentwood
County
Essex
Constituency
Brentwood and Ongar
Police force
Essex
63/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 57th of 294 English council areas — better than 81% of them.

Low crime57
Home affordability8
Affordable rents15
Good schools95
Life expectancy67
Low deprivation90
Employment72
Low council tax88

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

19°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 24° / 15° · 24% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 18° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:22

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

Crime

229 reported · July 2026 4% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences84
  • Shoplifting29
  • Anti-social behaviour25
  • Criminal damage & arson19

29 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Brentwood Town Centre · Essex

Local policing priorities

  • Antisocial Behaviour (ASB) - Concerns from residents about ASB in Brentwood particularly in hotspot areas including, Brentwood High Stree…
  • Violent Crime - Concerns about serious violence and drug-related harm in Brentwood.

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

Road safety

99 reported road collisions (2024)

26 killed or seriously injured · 132 casualties · 12.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

356 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 293 rated 4–5 ★ (255 top)
  • 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Brentwood (0.9 km)
  • 37 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Brentwood (1.0 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

House prices

£513,537 average 1.6% YoY

Across Brentwood · to 2026-06

Detached£979,724
Semi-detached£547,154
Terraced£428,473
Flat£264,471

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,618 average monthly rent 2.9% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,106
  • 2 bed £1,397
  • 3 bed £1,714

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

Affordability

12.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 12.9 times median annual pay (13.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · BP (6.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 185.9p · ESSO (10.8 km)

15 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

23 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 300 kW
  • Nearest: Brentwood Town Hall (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Gyms3
  • Swimming pools3
  • Sports pitches63
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

77,046 residents in Brentwood · 503/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 287 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,258 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (25% of 35,360)

A £1,505
B £1,756
C £2,007
D £2,258
E £2,760
F £3,262
G £3,764
H £4,516

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

Schools

34 schools · 16,746 pupils

23 primary · 6 secondary · 5 other

Ofsted: 13 of 13 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

31inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Anglo European SchoolGood
  • Brentwood County High SchoolGood
  • Brentwood Ursuline Convent High SchoolGood
  • Becket Keys Church of England Free School
  • Shenfield High School
  • St Martin's School Brentwood

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Brentwood

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Brentwood Town Centre)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 68 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

151 applications decided

79.5% granted · 120 granted, 31 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Alex Burghart

Conservative

Brentwood and Ongar

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat / Labour / Independent coalition

  • Lab 2
  • Con 11
  • LD 16
  • Ref 8
  • Oth 2

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools12
  • GPs & clinics4
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets4
  • Parks & greens32
  • Restaurants & cafés63

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,795 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

626 jobs advertised · £41,151 avg

e.g. Theatre Nurse/ODP - Recovery, Senior Staff Nurse - Oncology/ SACT, Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£952 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£38,454 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 36,404 certificates

7.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

86% low-carbon electricity

Wind 60% · Nuclear 19% · Gas 13% · Biomass 7%

59 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.6 yrs women · 81.2 yrs men

59% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.9
  • Feeling worthwhile8.1
  • Happiness yesterday7.8
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Brentwood and Ongar:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Brentwood School, Essex · 0.1 km

    Brentwood School is a selective, independent day and boarding school in Brentwood, Essex, England in the public school tradition. The school comprises a preparatory school, senior school and sixth form, as well as boa…

  • Brentwood, Essex · 0.1 km

    Brentwood is a town in Essex, England. It forms part of the London commuter belt, lying 20 miles (32 km) north-east of Charing Cross in central London, and just outside the M25 London Orbital Motorway. Its suburbs inc…

  • Tikvah Chadasha · 0.1 km

    Tikvah Chadasha, also known as the Brentwood Reform Synagogue, Rosh Tikvah, and Brentwood and Shenfield Synagogue, is a Reform Jewish congregation that meets in Brentwood, Essex, England, in the United Kingdom.

  • Diocese of Brentwood · 0.2 km

    The Diocese of Brentwood is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic church in England. The diocese is a suffragan of the Catholic Archdiocese of Westminster, and covers the historic county of Essex.

  • Brentwood Cathedral · 0.2 km

    The Cathedral of St Mary and St Helen is a Catholic cathedral in Brentwood, Essex, England. It is the seat of the Diocese of Brentwood.

  • Brentwood Town Hall · 0.4 km

    Brentwood Town Hall is a municipal building in Ingrave Road, Brentwood, Essex, England which serves as the headquarters of Brentwood Borough Council.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Brentwood?
Brentwood is a town in Essex, England, in the Brentwood local authority.
What is the population of Brentwood?
Brentwood has an approximate settlement population of 52,586.
How deprived is Brentwood?
The Brentwood local authority, which includes Brentwood, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.