Chigwell

17°COvercast

• Today: 21° / 12° · 22% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 15° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:25Sunset 19:28

13h 3m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Waltham Forest Dawlish Rd, United Kingdom

46 reported · July 2026▼ 23% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences16
• Vehicle crime8
• Other theft5
• Anti-social behaviour4

3 stop & searches

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)

401 food businesses within 2 miles

• 326 rated 4–5 ★ (280 top)
• 15 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Chigwell (0.3 km)
• 16 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: 155.9p · Esso (9.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (11.7 km)

47 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

150 charging locations within ~8 km

• 30 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 160 kW
• Nearest: SHELL RECHARGE CHIGWELL (1.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres5
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools31
• Sports pitches39
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds3

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
• 43 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)

• Schools7
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens75
• Restaurants & cafés8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,040 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

148 jobs advertised · £38,443 avg

e.g. Looking For Part-Time Jobs Near Me? Drive With Uber Instead, Positive Behaviour Support Lead, Maintenance Assistant

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

57% low-carbon electricity

Gas 42% · Wind 37% · Nuclear 11% · Biomass 9%

176 gCO₂/kWh · high 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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  Chigwell tube station · 0.3 km

  Chigwell is a London Underground station in the town of Chigwell in the Epping Forest district of Essex. It is on the Hainault Loop of the Central line, between Grange Hill and Roding Valley stations. It is located in…

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  Chigwell · 0.4 km

  Chigwell is a town and civil parish in the Epping Forest District of Essex, England. It lies adjacent to the northern boundary of Greater London. It is on the Central line of the London Underground. At the 2021 census…

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  Chigwell Hall · 0.5 km

  Chigwell Hall is a Grade II listed house in Chigwell, Essex. It is situated on Roding Lane within 42 acres of grounds. It was designed by the English architect Richard Norman Shaw - his only house in Essex - for Alfre…

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  St Mary's Church, Chigwell · 0.6 km

  St Mary's Church is a Grade II* listed Church of England church in Chigwell, Essex, England. Its parish was later united with that of All Saints Chigwell Row and then in 1994 with St Winifred's, which had been built i…

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  Chigwell School · 0.7 km

  Chigwell School is a co-educational independent boarding and day school. It is a private school in Chigwell, in the Epping Forest district of Essex. It consists of a Pre Prep, Prep School, Senior School and Sixth Form…

• Buckhurst Hill County High School · 1.1 km

  Buckhurst Hill County High School, BHCHS, (1938–1989) was a secondary school in Chigwell, Essex.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)