Hockley and Hawkwell

10°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 13° / 10° · 30% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 10° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:51Sunset 16:30

9h 39m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

78US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

• 7.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

57 reported · August 2026▲ 16% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences20
• Anti-social behaviour18
• Public order7
• Criminal damage & arson6

Neighbourhood team: Hockley and Hullbridge · Essex

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

80 reported road collisions (2025)

21 killed or seriously injured · 94 casualties · 9.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

138 food businesses within 2 miles

• 115 rated 4–5 ★ (98 top)
• 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Hockley (0.5 km)
• 25 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£405,340 average▲ 0.5% YoY

Across Rochford · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,300 average monthly rent▲ 5% YoY

• 1 bed £890
• 2 bed £1,169
• 3 bed £1,428

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

11.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.1 times median annual pay (13.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,263 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: 155.9p · Esso (0.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Esso (0.7 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

22 charging locations within ~8 km

• 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Golden Cross Parade (2.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches20
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

85,661 residents in Rochford · 513/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,668
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,418
• Net moves+1,250

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 260 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,363 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (32% of 38,350)

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

28 schools · 12,854 pupils

22 primary · 4 secondary · 2 other

Ofsted: 8 of 10 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (80%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Rochford

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

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

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

131 applications decided

81.7% granted · 107 granted, 24 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Mr Mark Francois

Conservative

Rayleigh and Wickford

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK (minority)

• Con 8
• LD 6
• Ref 12
• Oth 13

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

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens7
• Restaurants & cafés14

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,125 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

14 jobs advertised · £34,530 avg

e.g. Business Development / Sales Executive, Technical Support Engineer, MET Technician / Strip Fitter

Source: Adzuna

£865 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,085 disposable income per head (2024)

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

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 33,909 certificates

7.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

70% low-carbon electricity

Wind 36% · Gas 29% · Nuclear 21% · Biomass 13%

128 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86.1 yrs women · 79.8 yrs men

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

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.5
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

3 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in SS5

• Conner & Partners
• The Greensward Surgery
• Church View Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Rayleigh and Wickford:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth309 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Criminalise unauthorised development & ban retrospective permission298 local signatures · 7,329 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND258 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK199 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Remove the grey belt planning rules172 local signatures · 12,329 nationwide

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

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  Spa Pump Room, Hockley · 0.3 km

  The Spa Pump Room is a Grade II listed, early Victorian building in Hockley, Essex. It was built to the designs of James Lockyer in 1842 after a medicinal spring was discovered on the site four years earlier. Short li…

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  Hockley railway station (Essex) · 0.5 km

  Hockley railway station is on the Shenfield to Southend Line in the East of England, serving the village of Hockley, Essex. It is 36 miles 1 chain (57.96 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated…

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  Greensward Academy · 1.0 km

  Greensward Academy is a comprehensive school and academy for 11- to 18-year-olds, in Hockley, Essex.

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  Marylands Nature Reserve · 1.0 km

  Marylands is a 3.7 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Hockley in Essex. It is owned by Rochford District Council and managed by Hockley Parish Council.

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  Hockley Woods · 1.1 km

  Hockley Woods is a large woodland in south-east Essex. It is a Local Nature Reserve, and parts are a Site of Special Scientific Interest. It is owned and managed by Rochford District Council.

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  Rayleigh (constituency) · 1.1 km

  Rayleigh was a parliamentary constituency in Essex represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election fr…

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