Great Leighs

18°CLight rain shower

• Today: 21° / 18° · 78% rain
• Tomorrow: 26° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:19

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

9US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

14 reported · July 2026▼ 12% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour6
• Violence & sexual offences4
• Criminal damage & arson1
• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: North Chelmsford · Essex

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

300 reported road collisions (2024)

77 killed or seriously injured · 393 casualties · 16.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

15 food businesses within 2 miles

• 14 rated 4–5 ★ (12 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Cressing (5.5 km)
• 12 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£383,103 average▼ 1.2% YoY

Across Chelmsford · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,442 average monthly rent▲ 3.3% YoY

• 1 bed £1,061
• 2 bed £1,294
• 3 bed £1,545

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

10.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.7 times median annual pay (11.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (11.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 146.8p · AppleGreen (8.2 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

12 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: Gridserve Electric Forecourt - Braintree (2.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

181,523 residents in Chelmsford · 536/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 260 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,300 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (29% of 81,730)

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

86 schools · 31,575 pupils

55 primary · 10 secondary · 21 other

Ofsted: 27 of 31 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (87%)

72inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Chelmsford

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 44 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

307 applications decided

83.1% granted · 255 granted, 52 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Mrs Kemi Badenoch

Conservative

North West Essex

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 19
• LD 31
• Ref 2
• Oth 5

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,385 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£878 median full-time weekly pay

2.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£28,603 disposable income per head (2024)

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

49% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 82,010 certificates

7.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

69% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 37% · Wind 31% · Gas 24% · Imports 8%

100 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.2 yrs women · 81.5 yrs men

60% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.8
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.8

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North West Essex:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership423 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office417 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test399 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s387 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth308 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

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  Great Leighs · 0.3 km

  Great Leighs is a village in the civil parish of Great and Little Leighs, in the Chelmsford district of Essex, England, halfway between Chelmsford itself and Braintree.

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  Great and Little Leighs · 0.3 km

  Great and Little Leighs is a civil parish in the Chelmsford district of Essex, England. The main village in the parish is Great Leighs. The parish also includes Little Leighs and a number of small hamlets in the surro…

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  Sandylay and Moat Woods · 0.4 km

  Sandylay and Moat Woods is a 7.5-hectare (19-acre) nature reserve east of Great Leighs in Essex. It is owned and managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust.

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  Phyllis Currie Nature Reserve · 1.0 km

  Phyllis Currie Nature Reserve is an 8.9-hectare (22-acre) nature reserve north-west of Great Leighs in Essex. It is owned and managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust.

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  Little Leighs · 1.2 km

  Little Leighs is a village in the civil parish of Great and Little Leighs, in the Chelmsford district of Essex, England. Little Leighs lies beside the River Ter, just south of the village of Great Leighs and west of t…

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  Chelmsford City Racecourse · 1.4 km

  Chelmsford City Racecourse, originally known as Great Leighs Racecourse, was a thoroughbred horse racing venue located in Great Leighs near Braintree, Essex, England. When it opened in April 2008, it was the first ent…

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