Childerditch

11°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 9° · 57% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 9° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:56Sunset 16:28

9h 32m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Stanford-le-Hope Roadside, United Kingdom

• 7.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.6% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

9 reported · August 2026▲ 29% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences3
• Other theft2
• Burglary1
• Shoplifting1

3 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Brentwood South · Essex

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

143 reported road collisions (2025)

40 killed or seriously injured · 180 casualties · 18.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

67 food businesses within 2 miles

• 61 rated 4–5 ★ (56 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: West Horndon (2.1 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£522,672 average▲ 0.3% YoY

Across Brentwood · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,620 average monthly rent▲ 2.5% YoY

• 1 bed £1,107
• 2 bed £1,399
• 3 bed £1,716

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

12.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 12.9 times median annual pay (13.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,163 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 (11 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (11 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

34 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: SERVICE STN BASILDON PETROL (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches2
• Golf courses1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

77,046 residents in Brentwood · 503/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,374
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,164
• Net moves+1,210

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 262 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,258 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (25% of 35,360)

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

34 schools · 16,746 pupils

23 primary · 6 secondary · 5 other

Ofsted: 13 of 13 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Brentwood

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
• 16 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

145 applications decided

84.8% granted · 123 granted, 22 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Alex Burghart

Conservative

Brentwood and Ongar

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Labour / Independent coalition

• Lab 2
• Con 11
• LD 16
• Ref 8
• Oth 2

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

• Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,910 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£952 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£38,454 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 · 36,404 certificates

7.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

70% low-carbon electricity

Wind 45% · Gas 29% · Nuclear 17% · Biomass 6%

122 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.6 yrs women · 81.2 yrs men

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

59% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.9
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.8
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

1 GP surgery · 2 pharmacies in CM13

• Mount Avenue Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Brentwood and Ongar:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth256 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK176 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND170 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills155 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately144 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  Childerditch · 0.5 km

  Childerditch is a settlement in the Brentwood borough of Essex, England. It lies 3 miles (5 km) south of the centre of Brentwood.

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  Little Warley · 0.9 km

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  Great Warley · 1.4 km

  Great Warley is a village in the Borough of Brentwood in Essex, England. It is located 2 miles (3 km) south-west of the centre of Brentwood. It is situated to the far south-west of the county, on the B186 road near to…

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  The Brick House, Great Warley · 1.5 km

  The Brick House in Great Warley, Essex, is a Grade II listed building which is on the English Heritage Register. The main part of the building is a Queen Anne structure which was built in the early 18th century but pa…

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  West Horndon · 1.9 km

  West Horndon is a village and civil parish in the south of the Borough of Brentwood in Essex, England. It is located 20 miles (32 km) east-northeast of Charing Cross in Central London. As well as West Horndon village,…

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  St Mary the Virgin, Great Warley · 2.0 km

  St. Mary the Virgin is a Grade I listed parish church for Great Warley in the Brentwood borough of Essex, England. It is noted for its unique Modern Style interior, designed by Sir William Reynolds-Stephens.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)