Kelvedon Hatch
Kelvedon Hatch is a village in Essex, England, with a population of around 2,400. It has around 1 pharmacy, 1 supermarket, and 1 restaurant and café, plus 11 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Ongar, 5.3 km away. There were around 20 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly anti-social behaviour. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Kelvedon Hatch area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the Brentwood area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 77,046 residents at roughly 503 people per km².
My Area Score
Good
Ranked 59th of 294 English council areas — better than 80% 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°CPatchy rain nearby
- Today: 12° / 8° · 51% rain
- Tomorrow: 13° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:54Sunset 16:30
9h 35m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
18US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Bexley - Belvedere West, United Kingdom
Air pollution (PM2.5)
- 7.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
- 5.6% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution
Lower is better for both figures.
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024
Crime
20 reported · August 2026▲ 100% YoY
- Violence & sexual offences8
- Anti-social behaviour5
- Criminal damage & arson3
- Possession of weapons1
4 stop & searches
Neighbourhood team: Brentwood North · Essex
Local policing priorities
- Antisocial Behaviour (ASB) - Concerns from residents about ASB in Brentwood particularly in hotspot areas including, Brentwood High Stree…
- Violent Crime - Concerns about serious violence and drug-related harm in Brentwood.
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
143 reported road collisions (2025)
40 killed or seriously injured · 180 casualties · 18.6 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
55 food businesses within 2 miles
- 51 rated 4–5 ★ (47 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Ongar (4.9 km)
- 14 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Shenfield (5.9 km):
Loading live departures…
Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail
House prices
£522,672 average▲ 0.3% YoY
Across Brentwood · to 2026-08
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£1,620 average monthly rent▲ 2.5% YoY
- 1 bed £1,107
- 2 bed £1,399
- 3 bed £1,716
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08
Affordability
12.9× house price to earnings
A typical home costs 12.9 times median annual pay (13.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).
Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025
Property sales
1,163 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
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · BP (9.9 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (9.9 km)
5 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
10 charging locations within ~8 km
- 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 120 kW
- Nearest: Mccoll's Head Office (2.1 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports centres1
- Gyms1
- Sports pitches4
- Golf courses1
- Playgrounds2
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
77,046 residents in Brentwood · 503/km²
- Under 16: 18%
- 16–64: 61%
- 65+: 20%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Internal migration
- Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,374
- Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,164
- Net moves+1,210
Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025
Deprivation
Among the least deprived areas in England
Ranked 262 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025
Council tax
£2,258 a year · Band D, 2026-27
Most homes here are Band D (25% of 35,360)
Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27
Schools
34 schools · 16,746 pupils
23 primary · 6 secondary · 5 other
Ofsted: 13 of 13 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)
31 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)
Secondary schools:
- Anglo European SchoolGood
- Brentwood County High SchoolGood
- Brentwood Ursuline Convent High SchoolGood
- Becket Keys Church of England Free School
- Shenfield High School
- St Martin's School Brentwood
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Brentwood
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
- Not in the Green Belt
- 30 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
145 applications decided
84.8% granted · 123 granted, 22 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2
Your MP
Alex Burghart
Conservative
Brentwood and Ongar
Recent votes:
- NoDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
- 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
Source: UK Parliament
Council control
Liberal Democrat / Labour / Independent coalition
- Lab 2
- Con 11
- LD 16
- Ref 8
- Oth 2
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Schools2
- Parks & greens4
- Restaurants & cafés1
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
4,910 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Jobs
1 jobs advertised · £36,250 avg
e.g. Field Service Engineer
Source: Adzuna
Local economy
£952 median full-time weekly pay
2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits
£38,454 disposable income per head (2024)
Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI
Energy efficiency
44% of homes rated EPC C or above
Most common band: D · 36,404 certificates
7.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)
Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty
Grid electricity
96% low-carbon electricity
Wind 63% · Nuclear 23% · Biomass 10% · Gas 3%
23 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity
Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO
Health
Life expectancy: 84.6 yrs women · 81.2 yrs men
Healthy life expectancy (Essex): 62.4 women · 62.7 men
59% of adults overweight or obese
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025
Wellbeing
- Life satisfaction7.9
- Feeling worthwhile8.1
- Happiness yesterday7.8
- Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2
Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23
Health services
1 GP surgery · 3 pharmacies in CM14
- Beechwood Surgery
Source: NHS Organisation Data Service
Local petitions
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
Notable places nearby
St Nicholas Church, Kelvedon Hatch · 0.1 kmSt Nicholas Church is the Church of England parish church in the Essex village of Kelvedon Hatch. It was first recorded around 1254, when the rectory of the church of (Magdalen) Lever was valued at 6 marks, rising to…
The Coppice, Kelvedon Hatch · 0.4 kmThe Coppice, Kelvedon Hatch is a 9.4-hectare (23-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Kelvedon Hatch in Essex.
- Trinity School, Brentwood · 0.5 km
Trinity School was an independent school in Essex, England. The school was located in Brentwood and was closely linked to Trinity Church. The school closed in 2018.
Kelvedon Hatch · 0.8 kmKelvedon Hatch is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Brentwood in south Essex, England. It is situated just north of Pilgrims Hatch, approximately 4 miles (6 km) to the north of Brentwood and is surrounded b…
Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker · 0.9 kmThe Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker at Kelvedon Hatch, in the Borough of Brentwood in the English county of Essex, is a large underground bunker maintained during the Cold War as a potential regional government h…
Kelvedon Hall · 1.5 kmKelvedon Hall is a country house in the village of Kelvedon Hatch, near Brentwood, Essex, England. Originally the site of an important medieval manor, the current house was built in the mid-18th century by a family of…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Kelvedon Hatch?
- Kelvedon Hatch is a town in Essex, England, in the Brentwood local authority.
- What is the population of Kelvedon Hatch?
- Kelvedon Hatch has an approximate settlement population of 2,400.
- How deprived is Kelvedon Hatch?
- The Brentwood local authority, which includes Kelvedon Hatch, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.