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 (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 148,291 residents at roughly 441 people per km².
My Area Score
Mixed
Ranked 213th of 294 English council areas — better than 28% of them.
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
11°CSunny
- Today: 12° / 10° · 70% rain
- Tomorrow: 13° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:51Sunset 16:25
9h 35m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
20US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: ozone
Source: WAQI · Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom
Air pollution (PM2.5)
- 6.8 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
- 5.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution
Lower is better for both figures.
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024
Crime
38 reported · August 2026▼ 3% YoY
- Violence & sexual offences19
- Anti-social behaviour8
- Burglary2
- Shoplifting2
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
236 reported road collisions (2025)
77 killed or seriously injured · 301 casualties · 15.9 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
124 food businesses within 2 miles
- 101 rated 4–5 ★ (76 top)
- 4 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
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
£260,636 average▼ 1.2% YoY
Across Tendring · to 2026-08
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£1,053 average monthly rent▲ 4.1% YoY
- 1 bed £758
- 2 bed £975
- 3 bed £1,186
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08
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
Property sales
2,468 property sales in the last 12 months
12 months to May 2026
A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.
Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 173.7p · Asda (6.7 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 197.7p · Asda (6.7 km)
2 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)
Internal migration
- Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,125
- Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,604
- Net moves+3,521
Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025
Deprivation
Among the most deprived areas in England
Ranked 28 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
20% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025
Council tax
£2,270 a year · Band D, 2026-27
Most homes here are Band C (29% of 75,690)
Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27
Schools
52 schools · 19,335 pupils
39 primary · 6 secondary · 7 other
Ofsted: 24 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (86%)
47 inspected 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
1,574 CQC-registered services
- Care homes408
- GP practices229
- Dentists312
- Homecare agencies474
- Hospitals & hospices40
CQC ratings: 88% 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
247 applications decided
83% granted · 205 granted, 42 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2
Your MP
Nigel Farage
Reform UK
Clacton
Recent votes:
- NoWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
- NoDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
- NoDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
- NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion
Source: UK Parliament
Council control
Independent / Labour / Liberal Democrat coalition
- Lab 7
- Con 12
- LD 4
- Ref 6
- Oth 19
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
5,600 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Jobs
27 jobs advertised · £29,649 avg
e.g. Teaching Assistant, School Operations Manager, Legal Secretary
Source: Adzuna
Local economy
£734 median full-time weekly pay
4% 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
79% low-carbon electricity
Wind 52% · Gas 21% · Nuclear 18% · Biomass 9%
91 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity
Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO
Health
Life expectancy: 82.7 yrs women · 78.7 yrs men
Healthy life expectancy (Essex): 62.4 women · 62.7 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
Health services
1 GP surgery · 5 pharmacies in CO13
- Ranworth Partnership Surgery (Caradoc)
Source: NHS Organisation Data Service
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Clacton:
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases340 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
- Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK259 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
- Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth190 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
- Protect legal right to support for children with SEND184 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
- End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately152 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
Frinton-on-Sea · 0.2 kmFrinton-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 kmFrinton-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 kmFrinton Golf Club is a coastal golf club, located on the suburbs of Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, England.
Frinton Park Estate · 1.3 kmFrinton 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 kmFrinton 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)
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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 IoD2025.