Buckhurst Hill

19°COvercast

• Today: 23° / 13° · 57% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:28Sunset 19:23

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

53US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Haringey Roadside, United Kingdom

126 reported · July 2026▲ 25% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences44
• Vehicle crime19
• Criminal damage & arson12
• Anti-social behaviour11

3 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Buckhurst Hill and Chigwell · Essex

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

302 reported road collisions (2024)

76 killed or seriously injured · 371 casualties · 22.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 407 rated 4–5 ★ (339 top)
• 20 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Buckhurst Hill (1.0 km)
• 26 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£536,765 average▲ 4.9% YoY

Across Epping Forest · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,843 average monthly rent▲ 5.7% YoY

• 1 bed £1,229
• 2 bed £1,583
• 3 bed £1,939

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

12.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 12.4 times median annual pay (13.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 139.8p · AppleGreen (10.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 145.8p · AppleGreen (9.3 km)

48 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 17 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 160 kW
• Nearest: Shell Buckhurst Hill (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Swimming pools17
• Sports pitches57
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

134,979 residents in Epping Forest · 398/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 200 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,277 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (24% of 58,610)

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

54 schools · 19,253 pupils

35 primary · 7 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 17 of 18 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (94%)

45inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Epping Forest

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
• 15 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

277 applications decided

70.4% granted · 195 granted, 82 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Dr Neil Hudson

Conservative

Epping Forest

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 1
• Con 19
• LD 6
• Ref 12
• Oth 16

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

• Schools16
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens42
• Restaurants & cafés18

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,040 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

94 jobs advertised · £32,821 avg

e.g. Sign Up To Drive With Uber - Flexible Alternative To Driving Jobs, Registered Nurse, Deputy Imaging Manager

Source: Adzuna

£883 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£36,421 disposable income per head (2024)

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

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 58,461 certificates

8.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

66% low-carbon electricity

Wind 47% · Imports 22% · Nuclear 13% · Gas 12%

71 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for London · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.2 yrs women · 80.8 yrs men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Epping Forest:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership372 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office370 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test370 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Make it compulsory for children to wear gloves ice skating 341 local signatures · 28,170 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s287 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  St John the Baptist Church, Buckhurst Hill · 0.6 km

  St John the Baptist Church, or St John's, is a Church of England parish church in the town of Buckhurst Hill in Essex, England.

• Buckhurst Hill West (ward) · 0.6 km

  Buckhurst Hill West is an electoral ward in Epping Forest District, United Kingdom, since 1979. It is one of two wards that represents Buckhurst Hill, the other one being Buckhurst Hill East and Whitebridge, created i…

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  Bancroft's School · 0.6 km

  Bancroft's School is a co-educational private day school in Woodford Green, London. The school has around 1,150 pupils aged between 7 and 18, around 250 of whom are pupils of the Preparatory School and 850 of whom are…

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  Buckhurst Hill · 0.9 km

  Buckhurst Hill is a town and civil parish in the Epping Forest District of Essex, England. It is inside the M25 London orbital motorway but lies just outside the administrative boundary of Greater London. It is adjace…

• Monkhams · 0.9 km

  Monkhams is an area in Woodford in the London Borough of Redbridge. The Monkhams Estate is an affluent area consisting mainly of large, detached homes.

• Hatch Lane · 0.9 km

  Hatch Lane was an electoral ward in the London Borough of Waltham Forest from 1978 to 2022. The ward was first used in the 1978 elections and last used for the 2018 elections, with a final by-election in 2021. It retu…

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