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Creeksea

Creeksea is a town in Essex, England. It has 1 restaurant and café, 2 bus stops, the nearest railway station is Burnham-on-Crouch, 2 km away, and there were around 17 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 Creeksea area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Rochford area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 85,661 residents at roughly 513 people per km².

Council
Rochford
County
Essex
Constituency
Rayleigh and Wickford
Police force
Essex
59/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 90th of 294 English council areas — better than 69% of them.

Low crime90
Home affordability17
Affordable rents27
Good schools19
Life expectancy67
Low deprivation90
Employment82
Low council tax68

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

20°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 21° / 18° · 85% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 19° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:18

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

14US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom

Crime

9 reported · July 2026 53% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour4
  • Other theft3
  • Violence & sexual offences2

2 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Southminster · Essex

Local policing priorities

  • Concerns from residents about antisocial behaviour (ASB) in hotspot areas across Chelmsford and Maldon, including town centres, retail an…
  • Concerns from residents regarding vehicle theft in higher-risk locations across Chelmsford and Maldon, including town centre car parks, r…

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

Road safety

88 reported road collisions (2024)

30 killed or seriously injured · 108 casualties · 10.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

84 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 72 rated 4–5 ★ (64 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Burnham-on-Crouch (1.5 km)
  • 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Burnham-On-Crouch (1.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£415,574 average 6.2% YoY

Across Rochford · to 2026-06

Detached£643,134
Semi-detached£392,120
Terraced£341,325
Flat£182,532

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,298 average monthly rent 5% YoY

  • 1 bed £888
  • 2 bed £1,167
  • 3 bed £1,425

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

Affordability

11.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.1 times median annual pay (13.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · Esso (9.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Esso (9.5 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

2 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Co-Op (1.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres3
  • Swimming pools21
  • Sports pitches17
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

85,661 residents in Rochford · 513/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 59%
  • 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 286 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,363 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (32% of 38,350)

A £1,576
B £1,838
C £2,101
D £2,363
E £2,889
F £3,414
G £3,939
H £4,727

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

Schools

28 schools · 12,854 pupils

22 primary · 4 secondary · 2 other

Ofsted: 8 of 10 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (80%)

27inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • The FitzWimarc SchoolGood
  • The King Edmund SchoolGood
  • Lift Greensward
  • The Sweyne Park School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Rochford

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 9 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

106 applications decided

85.8% granted · 91 granted, 15 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Council control

Reform UK (minority)

  • Con 8
  • LD 6
  • Ref 12
  • Oth 13

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens15
  • Restaurants & cafés8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,035 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£865 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,085 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 33,909 certificates

7.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 86.1 yrs women · 79.8 yrs men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.4
  • Feeling worthwhile7.5
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Maldon:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Creeksea Place · 0.3 km

    Creeksea Place is located near to the town of Burnham-on-Crouch in the Essex countryside of eastern England. Originally built in 1569, the estate retains many original internal and external features, with an original…

  • Creeksea · 0.6 km

    Creeksea is a village in the civil parish of Burnham-on-Crouch, in the Maldon district of Essex, England. It is on the Dengie peninsula on the north side of the River Crouch, one mile west of Burnham-on-Crouch.

  • Burnham Ramblers F.C. · 0.8 km

    Burnham Ramblers Football Club is a football club based in Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex, England. They are currently members of the Eastern Counties League Division One South and play at Leslie Field.

  • Burnham-on-Crouch Lifeboat Station · 0.9 km

    Burnham-on-Crouch Lifeboat Station is located at the end of Foundry Lane at Burnham Yacht harbour, in Burnham-on-Crouch, a town sitting on the north bank of the River Crouch, 20 miles (32 km) south east of Chelmsford,…

  • Ostend, Essex · 1.1 km

    Ostend is a hamlet in the civil parish of Burnham-on-Crouch, in the Maldon district, in the county of Essex, England.

  • The Cliff, Burnham-on-Crouch · 1.2 km

    The Cliff, Burnham-on-Crouch is a 4 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) on the bank of the River Crouch between Burnham-on-Crouch and North Fambridge in Essex. It is also part of the biologic…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Creeksea?
Creeksea is a town in Essex, England, in the Rochford local authority.
How deprived is Creeksea?
The Rochford local authority, which includes Creeksea, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.