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Enfield

Enfield is a town in Essex, England, with a population of around 156,000. It has around 1 GP surgery, 1 pharmacy, and around 2 restaurants and cafés, along with 12 bus stops and Enfield Lock railway station 1.2 km away. The average sold house price is around £462,818, and there were around 164 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 Enfield area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Epping Forest area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 134,979 residents at roughly 398 people per km².

Council
Epping Forest
County
Essex
Constituency
Epping Forest
Police force
Essex
55/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 114th of 294 English council areas — better than 61% of them.

Low crime55
Home affordability9
Affordable rents10
Good schools80
Life expectancy70
Low deprivation63
Employment52
Low council tax86

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

22°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 23° / 13° · 21% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 17° · Light rain shower

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:28Sunset 19:24

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

38US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Haringey Roadside, United Kingdom

Crime

149 reported · July 2026 2% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences55
  • Anti-social behaviour25
  • Vehicle crime18
  • Drugs13

42 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Waltham Abbey · Essex

Local policing priorities

  • Antisocial Behaviour (ASB) - Concerns from residents about ASB in Epping Forest particularly in hotspot areas including Debden Broadway,…
  • Violent Crime - Concerns about serious violence and drug-related harm in Epping Forest.

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 359 rated 4–5 ★ (296 top)
  • 32 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Enfield Lock (1.2 km)
  • 12 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Enfield Lock (1.3 km):

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Live buses at Canal Side Walk:

  • 121Enfield Lock, Island Village · 9 min
  • 491Waltham Cross · 13 min
  • 491Waltham Cross · 23 min
  • 121Enfield Lock, Island Village · 25 min

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

House prices

£536,765 average 4.9% YoY

Across Epping Forest · to 2026-06

Detached£1,019,890
Semi-detached£587,349
Terraced£466,824
Flat£299,131

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (11.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 140.8p · AppleGreen (11.5 km)

33 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

150 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 31 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 250 kW
  • Nearest: Bakers Arms (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Gyms2
  • Swimming pools3
  • Sports pitches13
  • Playgrounds9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

134,979 residents in Epping Forest · 398/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 200 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,277 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (24% of 58,610)

A £1,518
B £1,771
C £2,024
D £2,277
E £2,783
F £3,289
G £3,795
H £4,554

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Davenant Foundation SchoolGood
  • Epping St John's Church of England SchoolGood
  • Roding Valley High SchoolGood
  • Debden Park High School
  • King Harold Business & Enterprise Academy
  • The Ongar Academy
  • West Hatch High School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Epping Forest

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

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

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

Planning decisions

277 applications decided

70.4% granted · 195 granted, 82 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Feryal Clark

Labour

Enfield North

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative (minority)

  • Lab 1
  • Con 19
  • LD 6
  • Ref 12
  • Oth 16

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools4
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Parks & greens9
  • Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,040 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

1,724 jobs advertised · £42,941 avg

e.g. Vehicle Technician, Science Teaching Assistant, Commercial Tyre Technician - Mobile

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

94% low-carbon electricity

Wind 47% · Solar 30% · Nuclear 16% · Gas 6%

26 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.2 yrs women · 80.8 yrs men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Enfield North:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Enfield Island Village · 0.3 km

    Enfield Island Village is a modern housing development in the Enfield Lock area of Enfield, north London. It was built between 1997 and 2003 on land previously occupied by the Royal Small Arms Factory.

  • Royal Small Arms Factory · 0.4 km

    The Royal Small Arms Factory (RSAF), also known by the metonym Enfield, was a UK government-owned rifle factory in Enfield, adjoining the Lee Navigation in the Lea Valley. Some parts were in Waltham Abbey. The factory…

  • Enfield Lock (lock) · 0.5 km

    Enfield Lock is a lock on the River Lee Navigation, in the London Borough of Enfield. It gives its name to the surrounding area of Enfield Lock. The lock is close to site of the former Royal Small Arms Factory, now k…

  • Newmans Weir · 0.5 km

    Newmans Weir is a weir on the River Lea located near Enfield Lock. The weir has wooden sluice gates within cast-iron guide frames. It was reconstructed in 1907, replacing a series of previous timber weirs.

  • Rammey Marsh · 0.9 km

    Rammey Marsh is located in the Lee Valley Park at Enfield Lock, Enfield, England, and covers approximately 42 hectares. The site is owned and managed by the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority.

  • Oasis Academy Enfield · 1.0 km

    Oasis Academy Enfield is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in the Enfield Lock area of Enfield, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Enfield?
Enfield is a town in Essex, England, in the Epping Forest local authority.
How deprived is Enfield?
The Epping Forest local authority, which includes Enfield, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.