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Howe Green

Howe Green is a village in Essex, England. It has one restaurant or café, 11 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Chelmsford, 6.1 km away. There were around 7 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 Howe Green area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Chelmsford area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 181,523 residents at roughly 536 people per km².

Council
Chelmsford
County
Essex
Constituency
Maldon
Police force
Essex
53/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 129th of 294 English council areas — better than 56% of them.

Low crime38
Home affordability23
Affordable rents21
Good schools43
Life expectancy80
Low deprivation82
Employment65
Low council tax81

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

20°CSunny

  • Today: 23° / 14° · 48% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 17° · Light rain shower

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:26Sunset 19:21

12h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

9US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

Crime

5 reported · July 2026 150% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences4
  • Public order1

1 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Chelmsford South · Essex

Local policing priorities

  • Concerns from residents about antisocial behaviour (ASB) in hotspot areas across Chelmsford and Maldon, including town centres, retail an…
  • Concerns from residents regarding vehicle theft in higher-risk locations across Chelmsford and Maldon, including town centre car parks, r…

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

59 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 52 rated 4–5 ★ (46 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Chelmsford (6.1 km)
  • 11 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Chelmsford (6.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£383,103 average 1.2% YoY

Across Chelmsford · to 2026-06

Detached£690,495
Semi-detached£429,216
Terraced£342,756
Flat£211,852

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (6.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 146.8p · AppleGreen (7.7 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

29 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Pontlands Park (2.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

181,523 residents in Chelmsford · 536/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,300 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,533
B £1,789
C £2,045
D £2,300
E £2,811
F £3,322
G £3,834
H £4,600

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Chelmsford County High School for GirlsOutstanding
  • King Edward VI Grammar School, ChelmsfordOutstanding
  • Chelmer Valley High SchoolGood
  • Moulsham High SchoolGood
  • Hylands SchoolRequires improvement
  • The Sandon SchoolRequires improvement
  • Great Baddow High School
  • St John Payne Catholic School, Chelmsford
  • The Boswells School
  • William de Ferrers School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Chelmsford

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

307 applications decided

83.1% granted · 255 granted, 52 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Sir John Whittingdale

Conservative

Maldon

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Con 19
  • LD 31
  • Ref 2
  • Oth 5

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

Amenities nearby

  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,385 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

4 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Yoga Tutor - Part Time, Online Maths Tutor - Part Time, Become a Maths Tutor in Howe Green – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

95% low-carbon electricity

Wind 48% · Solar 28% · Nuclear 17% · Gas 5%

23 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.2 yrs women · 81.5 yrs men

60% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Maldon:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Howe Green, Chelmsford · 0.2 km

    Howe Green is a village in the civil parish of Sandon, in the Chelmsford district, in the county, Essex, England. In 2011 it had a population of 666.

  • A130 road · 1.0 km

    The A130 is a major road in England linking Howe Green, near Chelmsford, the county town of Essex, with Canvey Island in the south of that county. It is a primary route for some of its length, only losing that status…

  • Sandon, Essex · 1.9 km

    Sandon is a village and civil parish in the Chelmsford district of Essex, England. It lies 2.5 miles (4 km) south-east of the centre of Chelmsford, close to junction 17 of the A12 and adjacent to Great Baddow. At the…

  • The Sandon School · 2.2 km

    The Sandon School is an 11-18 mixed comprehensive academy school of approximately 1250 students. It serves a rural area on the outskirts of Chelmsford, Essex, England, and previously specialised in Maths and Computing.

  • Marconi Research Centre · 2.3 km

    Marconi Research Centre is the former name of the current BAE Systems Applied Intelligence Laboratories facility at Great Baddow in Essex, United Kingdom. Under its earlier name, research at this site spanned military…

  • Danbury Place · 2.5 km

    Danbury Place was an English country house, first built by Sir Walter Mildmay in the time of Elizabeth I, dated to 1589. It is situated on one of the highest points of the county of Essex.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Howe Green?
Howe Green is a town in Essex, England, in the Chelmsford local authority.
How deprived is Howe Green?
The Chelmsford local authority, which includes Howe Green, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.