Doddinghurst Common

20°CSunny

• Today: 24° / 15° · 11% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 18° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:22

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

12US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · London Bexley, United Kingdom

20 reported · July 2026▲ 43% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences6
• Anti-social behaviour5
• Public order3
• Vehicle crime3

1 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Brentwood North · Essex

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

99 reported road collisions (2024)

26 killed or seriously injured · 132 casualties · 12.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

68 food businesses within 2 miles

• 60 rated 4–5 ★ (55 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Shenfield (5.1 km)
• 15 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£513,537 average▼ 1.6% YoY

Across Brentwood · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,618 average monthly rent▲ 2.9% YoY

• 1 bed £1,106
• 2 bed £1,397
• 3 bed £1,714

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · BP (8.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · ESSO (9.9 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

19 charging locations within ~8 km

• 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Mccoll's Head Office (0.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches5
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds2

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)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 287 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Brentwood

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

• Within the Green Belt
• 31 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

151 applications decided

79.5% granted · 120 granted, 31 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

• Schools4
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,795 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

90% low-carbon electricity

Wind 44% · Solar 27% · Nuclear 15% · Gas 10%

44 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.6 yrs women · 81.2 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Brentwood and Ongar:

• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test519 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office497 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make it compulsory for children to wear gloves ice skating 405 local signatures · 28,170 nationwide
• Pause housebuilding targets imposed on councils, review and identify local need405 local signatures · 16,962 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership352 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide

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

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  Navestock · 0.7 km

  Navestock is a civil parish in the Borough of Brentwood in Essex, England. It is located approximately 5 km (3.1 mi) north-west of the town of Brentwood. The main settlements in the parish are Navestock Heath and Nave…

• Trinity School, Brentwood · 0.8 km

  Trinity School was an independent school in Essex, England. The school was located in Brentwood and was closely linked to Trinity Church. The school closed in 2018.

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  Navestock Side · 0.9 km

  Navestock Side is a hamlet near the A128 road, in the civil parish of Navestock, in the Brentwood district, in the county of Essex, England. It is about three miles from the town of Brentwood. It has a small country h…

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  Kelvedon Hatch · 1.1 km

  Kelvedon Hatch is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Brentwood in south Essex, England. It is situated just north of Pilgrims Hatch, approximately 4 miles (6 km) to the north of Brentwood and is surrounded b…

• Abbotswick · 1.2 km

  Abbotswick, also known as Abbotswick Hall, is a small English country house at Navestock Side in the English county of Essex. The house, which has a well-timbered garden with a small lake, dates from about 1800 but wa…

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  St Nicholas Church, Kelvedon Hatch · 1.4 km

  St Nicholas Church is the Church of England parish church in the Essex village of Kelvedon Hatch. It was first recorded around 1254, when the rectory of the church of (Magdalen) Lever was valued at 6 marks, rising to…

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