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Fobbing

Fobbing is a village in Essex, England, with a population of around 1,500. It has around 2 restaurants and cafés, 1 pharmacy, 17 bus stops, and a nearest railway station at Basildon, 2.3 km away. In June 2026, there were around 31 recorded street crimes, most commonly violence and sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Fobbing area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Basildon area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 187,571 residents at roughly 1,705 people per km².

Council
Basildon
County
Essex
Constituency
South Basildon and East Thurrock
Police force
Essex
39/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 238th of 294 English council areas — better than 19% of them.

Low crime28
Home affordability31
Affordable rents20
Good schools43
Life expectancy45
Low deprivation35
Employment34
Low council tax76

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

24°COvercast

  • Today: 24° / 15° · 21% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 17° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:26Sunset 19:21

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

Crime

34 reported · July 2026 89% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences16
  • Anti-social behaviour7
  • Public order5
  • Criminal damage & arson2

Neighbourhood team: Corringham, Orsett and Stanford-le-Hope · Essex

Local policing priorities

  • Antisocial Behaviour (ASB) - Concerns from residents about ASB in Thurrock particularly in Town Centres and Lakeside Shopping Centre.
  • Domestic Abuse – Protecting individuals from domestic abuse and repeat victimisation in vulnerable communities where repeat harm has been…

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

Road safety

273 reported road collisions (2024)

73 killed or seriously injured · 344 casualties · 14.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

100 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 84 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: Pitsea (3.9 km)
  • 12 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Pitsea (3.9 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£360,294 average 1% YoY

Across Basildon · to 2026-06

Detached£663,580
Semi-detached£420,370
Terraced£313,485
Flat£185,783

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,421 average monthly rent 5.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £981
  • 2 bed £1,266
  • 3 bed £1,504

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

Affordability

9.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.7 times median annual pay (10.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 135.8p · AppleGreen (6.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (6.6 km)

16 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

23 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 300 kW
  • Nearest: DP World London Gateway Port (3.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches11
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

187,571 residents in Basildon · 1,705/km²

  • Under 16: 21%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 111 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

11% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,327 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (31% of 80,090)

A £1,551
B £1,810
C £2,069
D £2,327
E £2,844
F £3,362
G £3,879
H £4,654

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

Schools

59 schools · 30,397 pupils

46 primary · 9 secondary · 4 other

Ofsted: 20 of 23 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (87%)

58inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • The Basildon Upper AcademyGood
  • The James Hornsby SchoolGood
  • Mayflower High SchoolRequires improvement
  • The Basildon Lower AcademyRequires improvement
  • Beauchamps High School
  • De La Salle School
  • The Billericay School
  • The Bromfords School
  • Woodlands School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Basildon

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
  • 30 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

191 applications decided

92.7% granted · 177 granted, 14 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

James McMurdock

Independent

South Basildon and East Thurrock

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • NoRepresentation of the People Bill: Third Reading
  • NoRepresentation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative (minority)

  • Lab 12
  • Con 12
  • Ref 11
  • Oth 7

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools3
  • Pharmacies1
  • Parks & greens2
  • Restaurants & cafés8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,720 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

14 jobs advertised · £36,241 avg

e.g. Class 1 Driver Ongoing, Multi Trader, HGV 1 Monday to Friday Ongoing

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£806 median full-time weekly pay

3.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,031 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 · 78,520 certificates

7.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

93% low-carbon electricity

Wind 56% · Nuclear 18% · Solar 16% · Gas 7%

31 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 83.5 yrs women · 80 yrs men

75% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.4
  • Feeling worthwhile7.9
  • Happiness yesterday7.4
  • 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 South Basildon and East Thurrock:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Fobbing · 0.1 km

    Fobbing is a village in the borough of Thurrock in Essex, England. It is between Basildon and Corringham, and is also close to Stanford-le-Hope, the latter being its post town. At the 2021 census the Fobbing built up…

  • Corringham railway station · 0.7 km

    Corringham railway station served the villages of Corringham and Fobbing in Essex, England, between 1901 and 1952.

  • Corringham, Essex · 1.3 km

    Corringham is a town in the borough of Thurrock in Essex, England. It lies immediately east of Stanford-le-Hope, its post town, and Corringham is now classed as part of the Stanford-le-Hope built up area by the Office…

  • St Mary the Virgin Church, Corringham · 1.4 km

    St Mary the Virgin Church is a Church of England parish church in the town of Corringham, Essex, England. Dating from the 11th century, it is a Grade I listed building.

  • Basildon Town F.C. · 1.4 km

    Basildon Town Football Club is a football club based in Basildon, England. They are currently members of the Eastern Counties League Division One South and recently for the 2024/25 season moved back to playing at play…

  • East Thurrock Community F.C. · 1.4 km

    East Thurrock Community Football Club is a football club based in Corringham, Essex, England. East Thurrock United were founded in 1969 and gradually worked their way up the non-League pyramid, reaching the National L…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Fobbing?
Fobbing is a town in Essex, England, in the Basildon local authority.
How deprived is Fobbing?
The Basildon local authority, which includes Fobbing, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.