Haverhill
Haverhill is a town in Essex, England, with a population of around 27,041. It has 1 GP surgery, 5 pharmacies, 1 supermarket, and around 11 restaurants and cafés, with 15 bus stops. The average sold house price is around £305,529, and there were around 168 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 Haverhill area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the Braintree area is around the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 155,270 residents at roughly 254 people per km².
My Area Score
Good
Ranked 91st of 294 English council areas — better than 69% 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
10°COvercast
- Today: 12° / 8° · 46% rain
- Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Sunny
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:57Sunset 16:26
9h 29m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
25US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Stanford-le-Hope Roadside, United Kingdom
Air pollution (PM2.5)
- 7.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
- 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution
Lower is better for both figures.
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024
Crime
129 reported · August 2026▼ 17% YoY
- Violence & sexual offences53
- Criminal damage & arson21
- Anti-social behaviour14
- Public order13
Neighbourhood team: Haverhill Town - South and East · Suffolk
Local policing priorities
- Working with partner agencies and community groups to target antisocial behaviour, criminality and littering along the former railway line.
- Drug dealing in the town centre, Chalkstone Estate/Clements Estate
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
228 reported road collisions (2025)
77 killed or seriously injured · 283 casualties · 14.7 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
131 food businesses within 2 miles
- 111 rated 4–5 ★ (102 top)
- 10 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- 68 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Dullingham (14.1 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£330,089 average▲ 1.6% YoY
Across Braintree · to 2026-08
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£1,213 average monthly rent▲ 2% YoY
- 1 bed £850
- 2 bed £1,099
- 3 bed £1,354
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08
Affordability
9.2× house price to earnings
A typical home costs 9.2 times median annual pay (10.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).
Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025
Property sales
2,224 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
EV charging
4 charging locations within ~8 km
- 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 50 kW
- Nearest: Ehringshausen Way Car Park (0.1 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports centres1
- Gyms1
- Sports pitches22
- Playgrounds15
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local news
- Cost of living programme delivers more than £559,000 financial impact for residents· 29 Oct 2026
- Braintree District celebrates volunteer and sporting heroes· 22 Oct 2026
- Council appeals for information following fly-tipping incident· 21 Oct 2026
- Council vows to continue raising concerns following Secretary of State call-in decision on Rivenhall Incinerator applications· 20 Oct 2026
- Free parking weekends to boost our town centres this festive season· 19 Oct 2026
Source: Braintree Council
Population
155,270 residents in Braintree · 254/km²
- Under 16: 18%
- 16–64: 61%
- 65+: 20%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Internal migration
- Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,408
- Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,406
- Net moves+2,002
Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025
Deprivation
Around the average in England
Ranked 164 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025
Council tax
£2,280 a year · Band D, 2026-27
Most homes here are Band C (29% of 71,120)
Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27
Schools
68 schools · 21,326 pupils
52 primary · 8 secondary · 8 other
Ofsted: 30 of 33 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (91%)
63 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)
Secondary schools:
- Honywood SchoolGood
- Lift MaltingsRequires improvement
- Notley High School and Braintree Sixth FormRequires improvement
- Tabor AcademyRequires improvement
- Alec Hunter Academy
- Hedingham School and Sixth Form
- Lift New Rickstones
- The Ramsey Academy, Halstead
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Braintree
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 (Haverhill Queen Street)
- Not in the Green Belt
- 33 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
238 applications decided
81.9% granted · 195 granted, 43 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2
Your MP
Nick Timothy
Conservative
West Suffolk
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
- AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21
Source: UK Parliament
Council control
Conservative majority
- Lab 9
- Con 30
- Grn 4
- Ref 1
- Oth 5
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Schools12
- GPs & clinics2
- Pharmacies5
- Supermarkets4
- Parks & greens26
- Restaurants & cafés15
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
7,625 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Jobs
181 jobs advertised · £36,796 avg
e.g. Primary School Teacher, Production Operative, Support Manager - Theater Venues
Source: Adzuna
Local economy
£826 median full-time weekly pay
2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits
£26,019 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 · 68,719 certificates
10.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)
Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty
Grid electricity
80% low-carbon electricity
Wind 53% · Gas 19% · Nuclear 19% · Biomass 9%
85 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity
Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO
Health
Life expectancy: 83.9 yrs women · 80.5 yrs men
Healthy life expectancy (Essex): 62.4 women · 62.7 men
75% of adults overweight or obese
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025
Wellbeing
- Life satisfaction7.3
- Feeling worthwhile7.7
- Happiness yesterday7.6
- Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1
Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23
Health services
2 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in CB9
- Unity Healthcare
- Haverhill Family Practice
Source: NHS Organisation Data Service
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in West Suffolk:
- Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth214 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
- Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks204 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
- Protect legal right to support for children with SEND190 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
- Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills179 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
- Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK169 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
- Haverhill Arts Centre · 0.2 km
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Haverhill railway station (England) · 0.4 kmHaverhill railway station was a station in Haverhill, Suffolk, on the Stour Valley Railway, which opened in 1865 and closed in 1967. It was sometimes known as Haverhill North because of a separate station in the town…
Corn Exchange, Haverhill · 0.4 kmThe Corn Exchange is a commercial building in Withersfield Road in Haverhill, Suffolk, England. The structure, which is currently vacant and deteriorating, is a Grade II listed building.
- Haverhill South railway station · 0.4 km
Haverhill South railway station was located in Haverhill, Suffolk. It was a terminus on the Colne Valley and Halstead Railway.
Haverhill Borough F.C. · 0.8 kmHaverhill Borough Football Club is a football club based in Haverhill in England. They play at the New Croft.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Haverhill?
- Haverhill is a town in Essex, England, in the Braintree local authority.
- What is the population of Haverhill?
- Haverhill has an approximate settlement population of 27,041.
- How deprived is Haverhill?
- The Braintree local authority, which includes Haverhill, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.