Coggeshall
Coggeshall is a town in Essex, England, with a population of around 4,727. It has around 3 restaurants and cafés, 23 bus stops, and Kelvedon station 3.8km away. There were around 23 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 Coggeshall area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the Braintree area is around the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 155,270 residents at roughly 254 people per km².
My Area Score
Good
Ranked 91st of 294 English council areas — better than 69% of them.
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
9°CPartly Cloudy
- Today: 11° / 9° · 15% rain
- Tomorrow: 11° / 9° · Overcast
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:57Sunset 16:24
9h 27m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
27US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: ozone
Source: WAQI · Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom
Air pollution (PM2.5)
- 7.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
- 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution
Lower is better for both figures.
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024
Crime
8 reported · August 2026▼ 43% YoY
- Violence & sexual offences6
- Anti-social behaviour1
- Criminal damage & arson1
3 stop & searches
Neighbourhood team: Witham South · Essex
Local policing priorities
- Concerns from residents about vehicle nuisance in hotspot locations including Braintree town centre, Braintree Retail and Leisure Park, C…
- Concerns about antisocial behaviour and shoplifting in key hotspot locations including town centres, retail areas and public spaces acros…
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
228 reported road collisions (2025)
77 killed or seriously injured · 283 casualties · 14.7 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
35 food businesses within 2 miles
- 31 rated 4–5 ★ (26 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Kelvedon (3.5 km)
- 23 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Kelvedon (3.5 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£330,089 average▲ 1.6% YoY
Across Braintree · to 2026-08
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£1,213 average monthly rent▲ 2% YoY
- 1 bed £850
- 2 bed £1,099
- 3 bed £1,354
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08
Affordability
9.2× house price to earnings
A typical home costs 9.2 times median annual pay (10.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).
Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025
Property sales
2,224 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: 168.9p · Asda (10.6 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 197.9p · Asda (10.6 km)
2 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
8 charging locations within ~8 km
- 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 120 kW
- Nearest: COOP Coggeshall (0.4 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Swimming pools1
- Sports pitches3
- Playgrounds1
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local news
- Cost of living programme delivers more than £559,000 financial impact for residents· 29 Oct 2026
- Braintree District celebrates volunteer and sporting heroes· 22 Oct 2026
- Council appeals for information following fly-tipping incident· 21 Oct 2026
- Council vows to continue raising concerns following Secretary of State call-in decision on Rivenhall Incinerator applications· 20 Oct 2026
- Free parking weekends to boost our town centres this festive season· 19 Oct 2026
Source: Braintree Council
Population
155,270 residents in Braintree · 254/km²
- Under 16: 18%
- 16–64: 61%
- 65+: 20%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Internal migration
- Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,408
- Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,406
- Net moves+2,002
Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025
Deprivation
Around the average in England
Ranked 164 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025
Council tax
£2,280 a year · Band D, 2026-27
Most homes here are Band C (29% of 71,120)
Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27
Schools
68 schools · 21,326 pupils
52 primary · 8 secondary · 8 other
Ofsted: 30 of 33 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (91%)
63 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)
Secondary schools:
- Honywood SchoolGood
- Lift MaltingsRequires improvement
- Notley High School and Braintree Sixth FormRequires improvement
- Tabor AcademyRequires improvement
- Alec Hunter Academy
- Hedingham School and Sixth Form
- Lift New Rickstones
- The Ramsey Academy, Halstead
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Braintree
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
- In a conservation area (Coggeshall)
- Not in the Green Belt
- 218 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
238 applications decided
81.9% granted · 195 granted, 43 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2
Your MP
Priti Patel
Conservative
Witham
Recent votes:
- NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading
- AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12
- AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7
- AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32
Source: UK Parliament
Council control
Conservative majority
- Lab 9
- Con 30
- Grn 4
- Ref 1
- Oth 5
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Schools2
- GPs & clinics1
- Supermarkets1
- Parks & greens4
- Restaurants & cafés3
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
7,625 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Jobs
12 jobs advertised · £36,369 avg
e.g. Picker/Packer Operative Nights, Team Leader, SEMH English Teacher
Source: Adzuna
Local economy
£826 median full-time weekly pay
2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits
£26,019 disposable income per head (2024)
Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI
Energy efficiency
48% of homes rated EPC C or above
Most common band: D · 68,719 certificates
10.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)
Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty
Grid electricity
87% low-carbon electricity
Wind 51% · Nuclear 24% · Biomass 12% · Gas 12%
61 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity
Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO
Health
Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 80.5 yrs men
Healthy life expectancy (Essex): 62.4 women · 62.7 men
75% of adults overweight or obese
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025
Wellbeing
- Life satisfaction7.3
- Feeling worthwhile7.7
- Happiness yesterday7.6
- Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1
Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23
Health services
2 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in CO6
- The Pump House Surgery
- The Coggeshall Surgery
Source: NHS Organisation Data Service
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Witham:
- Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth321 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
- Protect legal right to support for children with SEND281 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
- Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK186 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
- Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills178 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
- End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately168 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
- Paycocke's House and Garden · 0.2 km
Paycocke's House and Garden is a surviving example of a Tudor merchant's house and garden in Coggeshall, Essex, England. The house was built for Thomas Paycocke, a wealthy cloth merchant in the town. The house was ver…
- Grange Barn, Coggeshall · 0.3 km
Grange Barn is a historic timber-framed building in Coggeshall, Essex, England. Grange Barn was built by the Cistercians in the 13th century to serve Coggeshall Abbey. It underwent significant structural alteration in…
Coggeshall · 0.4 kmCoggeshall is a market town and civil parish in the Braintree district of Essex, England. It lies between Braintree and Colchester on the Roman road of Stane Street and the River Blackwater. At the 2021 census the par…
- Coggeshall Abbey · 0.5 km
Coggeshall Abbey, situated south of the town of Coggeshall in Essex, England was founded in 1140 by King Stephen and Queen Matilda, as a Savigniac house but became Cistercian in 1147 upon the absorption of the order.
St Peter ad Vincula, Coggeshall · 0.6 kmSt Peter ad Vincula in Coggeshall, Essex, is one of a group of oversized churches built following the success of the early wool-trade in the East Anglia area. It is Grade I listed.
- Honywood Community Science School · 0.9 km
Honywood Community Science School is a secondary school in Coggeshall, Essex, England.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Coggeshall?
- Coggeshall is a town in Essex, England, in the Braintree local authority.
- What is the population of Coggeshall?
- Coggeshall has an approximate settlement population of 4,727.
- How deprived is Coggeshall?
- The Braintree local authority, which includes Coggeshall, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.