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Burnham-on-Crouch

Burnham-on-Crouch is a town in Essex, England, with a population of around 7,561. It has 2 pharmacies and around 9 restaurants and cafés, along with 16 bus stops. The nearest railway station is Burnham-on-Crouch, 0.1 km away, and the average sold house price is around £372,051. There were around 60 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Burnham-on-Crouch area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Maldon area is around the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 66,209 residents at roughly 185 people per km².

Council
Maldon
County
Essex
Constituency
Maldon
Police force
Essex
60/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 75th of 294 English council areas — better than 74% of them.

Low crime92
Home affordability17
Affordable rents37
Good schools45
Life expectancy65
Low deprivation58
Employment69
Low council tax76

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

11°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 12° / 10° · 25% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 10° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:56Sunset 16:24

9h 29m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.9 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

65 reported · August 2026▲ 35% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences29
  • Anti-social behaviour14
  • Public order11
  • Criminal damage & arson3

Neighbourhood team: Southminster · Essex

Local policing priorities

  • Concerns from residents about antisocial behaviour (ASB) in hotspot areas across Chelmsford and Maldon, including town centres, retail an…
  • Concerns from residents regarding vehicle theft in higher-risk locations across Chelmsford and Maldon, including town centre car parks, r…

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

Road safety

87 reported road collisions (2025)

30 killed or seriously injured · 122 casualties · 13.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

81 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 70 rated 4–5 ★ (63 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Burnham-on-Crouch (0.1 km)
  • 16 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Burnham-On-Crouch (0.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£393,909 average▲ 1.3% YoY

Across Maldon · to 2026-08

Detached£576,820
Semi-detached£353,892
Terraced£283,726
Flat£175,875

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,139 average monthly rent▲ 3.5% YoY

  • 1 bed £796
  • 2 bed £1,033
  • 3 bed £1,245

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

Affordability

11.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.1 times median annual pay (10.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

975 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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · Esso (10.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Esso (10.9 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

1 charging location within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Co-Op (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Swimming pools38
  • Sports pitches19
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

66,209 residents in Maldon · 185/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 59%
  • 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK4,584
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK3,094
  • Net moves+1,490

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

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 171 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,328 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (28% of 30,520)

A £1,552
B £1,811
C £2,070
D £2,328
E £2,846
F £3,363
G £3,881
H £4,657

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

Schools

23 schools · 7,382 pupils

19 primary · 2 secondary · 2 other

Ofsted: 7 of 8 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Plume SchoolGood
  • Ormiston Rivers Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Maldon

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

147 applications decided

74.8% granted · 110 granted, 37 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Sir John Whittingdale

Conservative

Maldon

Recent votes:

  • NoDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
  • NoWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • NoDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
  • NoDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative (minority)

  • Lab 1
  • Con 10
  • LD 6
  • Ref 2
  • Oth 12

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools3
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies3
  • Parks & greens16
  • Restaurants & cafés24

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

3,765 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

14 jobs advertised · £41,139 avg

e.g. Duct Mate, AVON Representatives wanted in Burnham on Crouch, Essex, England – start today, Dental Associate

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£820 median full-time weekly pay

2.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,757 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

39% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 29,311 certificates

9.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

60% low-carbon electricity

Gas 39% · Wind 36% · Nuclear 16% · Biomass 9%

163 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.6 yrs women · 81.1 yrs men

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

64% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.4
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.2
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2021-22

Health services

5 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in CM0

  • Burnham Surgery
  • William Fisher Med.Ctr.
  • The Dengie Medical Partnership

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Maldon:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Burnham-on-Crouch railway station · 0.0 km

    Burnham-on-Crouch railway station is a stop on the Crouch Valley Line in the East of England, serving the town of Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex. It is 43 miles 24 chains (69.68 km) down the line from London Liverpool Stree…

  • St Mary's Church, Burnham on Crouch · 0.6 km

    St Mary's Church is a Church of England church in Burnham on Crouch, Essex. It is Grade II* listed

  • Burnham-on-Crouch · 0.6 km

    Burnham-on-Crouch is a town and civil parish in the Maldon District of Essex, in the East of England; it lies on the north bank of the River Crouch. It is one of Britain's leading places for yachting.

  • Ormiston Rivers Academy · 0.6 km

    Ormiston Rivers Academy is a secondary school and sixth form with academy status located in Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex, England.

  • Burnham Ramblers F.C. · 0.7 km

    Burnham Ramblers Football Club is a football club based in Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex, England. They are currently members of the Eastern Counties League Division One South and play at Leslie Field.

  • Rio Cinema (Burnham on Crouch) · 0.7 km

    The Rio Cinema is a purpose-built, two-screen, 280-seat cinema in Burnham on Crouch, Essex in the United Kingdom. The building dates from 1931. The Burnham Rio is one of the cheapest cinemas in the county.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Burnham-on-Crouch?
Burnham-on-Crouch is a town in Essex, England, in the Maldon local authority.
What is the population of Burnham-on-Crouch?
Burnham-on-Crouch has an approximate settlement population of 7,561.
How deprived is Burnham-on-Crouch?
The Maldon local authority, which includes Burnham-on-Crouch, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.