Havering's Grove

9°CClear

• Today: 11° / 9° · 17% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 9° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:57Sunset 16:26

9h 29m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

59US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

• 7.6 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.7% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

4 reported · August 2026▼ 33% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences3
• Burglary1

Neighbourhood team: Hutton and Shenfield · Essex

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

252 reported road collisions (2025)

77 killed or seriously injured · 305 casualties · 13.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

197 food businesses within 2 miles

• 158 rated 4–5 ★ (135 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Billericay (2.4 km)
• 9 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£366,218 average▲ 0.4% YoY

Across Basildon · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,424 average monthly rent▲ 5.4% YoY

• 1 bed £983
• 2 bed £1,269
• 3 bed £1,508

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

2,362 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

• Cheapest petrol: 135.8p · AppleGreen (7.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (7.5 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

24 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Ground Control LTD (2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres6
• Swimming pools4
• Sports pitches15

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK11,278
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK11,535
• Net moves−257

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Around the average in England

Ranked 120 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

8% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,327 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

59 schools · 30,397 pupils

46 primary · 9 secondary · 4 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Basildon

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

• Within the Green Belt
• 4 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

213 applications decided

89.7% granted · 191 granted, 22 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Alex Burghart

Conservative

Brentwood and Ongar

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 12
• Con 12
• Ref 11
• Oth 7

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,870 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

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

87% low-carbon electricity

Wind 52% · Nuclear 23% · Biomass 12% · Gas 12%

59 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.5 yrs women · 80 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Essex): 62.4 women · 62.7 men

75% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

1 GP surgery · 2 pharmacies in CM13

• Mount Avenue Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Brentwood and Ongar:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth256 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK176 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND170 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills155 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately144 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Havering's Grove · 0.4 km

  Havering’s Grove is a village in Essex, England, which developed in the 20th century. Most of the village lies in the Borough of Brentwood, with part in the Borough of Basildon. It lies along the A129 Shenfield to Had…

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  Toby Howe Cricket Ground · 1.1 km

  Toby Howe Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in Billericay, Essex. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1999, when Billericay Cricket Club played Wanstead Cricket Club in the 1999 Essex Premier League.

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  Hutton F.C. · 1.4 km

  Hutton Football Club is a football club based in Hutton, England. They are currently members of the Essex Senior League and play at New Lodge, Billericay, groundsharing with Billericay Town.

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  Billericay Town F.C. · 1.4 km

  Billericay Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Billericay, Essex, England. The club are currently members of the National League South, the sixth tier of English football, and play at New…

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  Hutton, Essex · 1.9 km

  Hutton is a suburb of Brentwood, in Essex, England. It lies 3 miles (5 km) east of the town centre, on the eastern edge of the built up area. The area is split between modest housing estates and the largely affluent H…

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  Hutton Country Park · 2.0 km

  Hutton Country Park is a 37.4 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Brentwood in Essex. It is owned and managed by Brentwood Borough Council.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)