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Frinton-on-Sea

Frinton-on-Sea is a town in Essex, England, with a population of around 16,941. It has 1 school, 1 restaurant and café, 31 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Frinton-on-Sea, 0.3 km away. The average sold house price is around £369,150, and there were around 33 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 Frinton-on-Sea area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Tendring area is among the most deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 148,291 residents at roughly 441 people per km².

Council
Tendring
County
Essex
Constituency
Clacton
Police force
Essex
42/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 215th of 294 English council areas — better than 27% of them.

Low crime43
Home affordability54
Affordable rents53
Good schools38
Life expectancy27
Low deprivation10
Employment29
Low council tax87

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

19°CLight rain shower

  • Today: 21° / 18° · 85% rain
  • Tomorrow: 21° / 17° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:25Sunset 19:16

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

Crime

42 reported · July 2026 31% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences18
  • Anti-social behaviour7
  • Public order6
  • Vehicle crime6

Neighbourhood team: Frinton, Thorpe-le-Soken and Walton · Essex

Local policing priorities

  • Concerns from residents about Anti-Social behaviour in key hotspot locations including Clacton town centre retail areas and seafront (Pie…
  • Concerns about vehicle offending across hotspots including Clacton, Jaywick, Harwich, Walton and Frinton seafront areas, and key road net…

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

Road safety

199 reported road collisions (2024)

54 killed or seriously injured · 270 casualties · 13.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

126 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 104 rated 4–5 ★ (78 top)
  • 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

1 active warning/alert

  • Flood alert: The Essex coast from Clacton to and including, St Peters Flat and the Colne and Blackwater estuaries

Source: Environment Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Frinton-on-Sea (0.8 km)
  • 15 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Frinton-On-Sea (0.9 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£261,717 average 2.6% YoY

Across Tendring · to 2026-06

Detached£371,783
Semi-detached£255,595
Terraced£203,073
Flat£131,855

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,051 average monthly rent 4.6% YoY

  • 1 bed £757
  • 2 bed £972
  • 3 bed £1,182

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

Affordability

8.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.0 times median annual pay (8.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 164.9p · Asda (11.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 186.7p · Asda (6.7 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

12 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 300 kW
  • Nearest: Haddocks Frinton-on-Sea-Hyundai (2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Gyms1
  • Swimming pools11
  • Sports pitches27
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

148,291 residents in Tendring · 441/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 55%
  • 65+: 30%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 32 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

18% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,270 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (29% of 75,690)

A £1,513
B £1,765
C £2,017
D £2,270
E £2,774
F £3,278
G £3,783
H £4,539

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

Schools

51 schools · 19,335 pupils

39 primary · 6 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 24 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (86%)

47inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Colne Community SchoolGood
  • Harwich and Dovercourt High SchoolGood
  • Lift ClactonGood
  • Lift TendringGood
  • Clacton County High School
  • Manningtree High School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Tendring

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

  • In a conservation area (Frinton and Walton)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 7 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

199 applications decided

83.9% granted · 167 granted, 32 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Nigel Farage

Reform UK

Clacton

Recent votes:

  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6
  • NoRepresentation of the People Bill: Third Reading
  • NoRepresentation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Independent / Labour / Liberal Democrat coalition

  • Lab 7
  • Con 13
  • LD 4
  • Ref 7
  • Oth 17

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools4
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies4
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens4
  • Restaurants & cafés26

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,505 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

25 jobs advertised · £29,365 avg

e.g. Support Worker, Online Biology Tutoring Job in Frinton-on-Sea – Flexible Schedule, Become a Spanish Tutor in Great Holland – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£734 median full-time weekly pay

4.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,182 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

36% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 77,907 certificates

12.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

57% low-carbon electricity

Gas 39% · Nuclear 24% · Solar 22% · Biomass 6%

165 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 82.7 yrs women · 78.7 yrs men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.3
  • Feeling worthwhile7.5
  • Happiness yesterday7.1
  • 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 Clacton:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Frinton-on-Sea · 0.2 km

    Frinton-on-Sea is a seaside town in the civil parish of Frinton and Walton, in the Tendring district of Essex, England. At the 2021 census, the built up area, as defined by the Office for National Statistics, had a po…

  • Frinton-on-Sea railway station · 0.8 km

    Frinton-on-Sea railway station serves the seaside town of Frinton-on-Sea, in Essex, England. It lies on the Walton branch of the Sunshine Coast Line, 68 miles 66 chains (110.8 km) down the line from London Liverpool S…

  • Frinton Golf Club · 1.1 km

    Frinton Golf Club is a coastal golf club, located on the suburbs of Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, England.

  • Frinton Park Estate · 1.3 km

    Frinton Park Estate was a project at Frinton-on-Sea in Essex, England, supervised by the architect Oliver Hill, to create a housing estate which would include many examples of modernist architecture. In the event, not…

  • Tendring Technology College · 1.5 km

    Lift Tendring is a secondary school, with a sixth form, in Essex, England. It is one of six secondary schools in the Tendring District, with Clacton Coastal Academy, Clacton County High School, The Colne Community Sch…

  • Frinton and Walton · 1.5 km

    Frinton and Walton is a civil parish in the Tendring district of Essex, England. It covers the two towns of Walton-on-the-Naze and Frinton-on-Sea and the villages of Great Holland, Kirby Cross, and Kirby-le-Soken. The…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Frinton-on-Sea?
Frinton-on-Sea is a town in Essex, England, in the Tendring local authority.
What is the population of Frinton-on-Sea?
Frinton-on-Sea has an approximate settlement population of 16,941.
How deprived is Frinton-on-Sea?
The Tendring local authority, which includes Frinton-on-Sea, is among the most deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.