Canvey Island

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 9° · 37% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Rochester Stoke, United Kingdom

• 7.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

221 reported · August 2026▲ 16% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences89
• Anti-social behaviour49
• Criminal damage & arson19
• Vehicle crime14

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

101 reported road collisions (2025)

19 killed or seriously injured · 119 casualties · 11.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

201 food businesses within 2 miles

• 185 rated 4–5 ★ (171 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Benfleet (2.8 km)
• 37 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£357,241 average▼ 4% YoY

Across Castle Point · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,262 average monthly rent▲ 4.8% YoY

• 1 bed £943
• 2 bed £1,169
• 3 bed £1,425

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

9.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.8 times median annual pay (10.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,199 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: 135.8p · AppleGreen (10.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (10.5 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

9 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: Lidl-Canvey Island (1.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches8
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

89,587 residents in Castle Point · 2,005/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,101
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,219
• Net moves+882

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 162 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,319 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (35% of 39,570)

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

32 schools · 12,631 pupils

23 primary · 5 secondary · 4 other

Ofsted: 13 of 16 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (81%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Castle Point

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
• 2 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

103 applications decided

82.5% granted · 85 granted, 18 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Rebecca Harris

Conservative

Castle Point

Source: UK Parliament

PIP / CIIP coalition

• Ref 1
• Oth 38

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

• Schools11
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens7
• Restaurants & cafés11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,640 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

66 jobs advertised · £38,027 avg

e.g. Mortgage Broker, Terminal Jetty Operator, CNC Turner / Setter-Programmer - Precision Engineering – CNC Turning

Source: Adzuna

£805 median full-time weekly pay

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

£26,682 disposable income per head (2024)

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

28% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 33,940 certificates

8.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

80% low-carbon electricity

Wind 49% · Nuclear 21% · Gas 18% · Biomass 11%

86 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.3 yrs women · 80.4 yrs men

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

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.8
• Feeling worthwhile8.3
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

7 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in SS8

• Third Avenue Health Centre
• Oaklands Surgery
• Ghauri Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Castle Point:

• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND442 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth290 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases206 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Mandatory suicide risk assessment for adolescents in hospital who express intent203 local signatures · 18,972 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK197 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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