Canvey Island

18°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 21° / 18° · 72% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:19

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Rochester Stoke, United Kingdom

244 reported · July 2026▲ 23% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences93
• Anti-social behaviour67
• Criminal damage & arson27
• Public order17

7 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Canvey · Essex

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

102 reported road collisions (2024)

26 killed or seriously injured · 116 casualties · 11.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

199 food businesses within 2 miles

• 184 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

£362,602 average▼ 1.1% YoY

Across Castle Point · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,257 average monthly rent▲ 4.8% YoY

• 1 bed £939
• 2 bed £1,165
• 3 bed £1,420

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 135.8p · AppleGreen (10.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (10.5 km)

17 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)

Around the average in England

Ranked 182 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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

33 schools · 12,631 pupils

23 primary · 5 secondary · 5 other

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

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

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

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
• 2 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

68 applications decided

86.8% granted · 59 granted, 9 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

3,595 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

63 jobs advertised · £40,847 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Store Manager, Residential Support Worker

Source: Adzuna

£805 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% 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

77% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 39% · Wind 39% · Gas 14% · Imports 9%

64 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.3 yrs women · 80.4 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Castle Point:

• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test507 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office470 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Publish a decision on the Park Home Sales Commission in 2026337 local signatures · 10,110 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership312 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance299 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide

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

• 
  Canvey Lake · 0.7 km

  Canvey Lake is an 8.3 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Canvey Island in Essex. It is owned by Castle Point Borough Council and managed by the council together with Canvey Island Town Council.

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  Canvey Island · 0.7 km

  Canvey Island is a town, civil parish and island in the Thames Estuary. It forms part of the Castle Point district of Essex, England. It is separated from the mainland of south Essex by a network of creeks, but is con…

• Cornelius Vermuyden School · 0.9 km

  Cornelius Vermuyden School is a secondary school with academy status for boys and girls ages 11–16. Located on Canvey Island, Essex, the school is named after the Dutch land engineer Sir Cornelius Vermuyden (1595-1683…

• Furtherwick Park School · 1.0 km

  Furtherwick Park School was a comprehensive co-educational senior school for 11- to 16-year-olds, located on Canvey Island. The school was based in the town centre and opened in 1957 due to the increase of population…

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  Concord Rangers F.C. · 1.1 km

  Concord Rangers Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Canvey Island in Essex, England. The club currently compete in the Isthmian League North Division, the eighth tier of English football, and p…

• Castle View School · 1.1 km

  Castle View School is a comprehensive school for ages 11–16, on Canvey Island in Essex, England, on the old Furtherwick School site in the Canvey town centre. As of 2006, it has some 900 pupils and 200 staff.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)