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Little Burstead

Little Burstead is a town or village in Essex, England. There are 4 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Billericay, 2.9 km away. There were around 2 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 Little Burstead area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Basildon area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 187,571 residents at roughly 1,705 people per km².

Council
Basildon
County
Essex
Constituency
Basildon and Billericay
Police force
Essex
39/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 238th of 294 English council areas — better than 19% of them.

Low crime28
Home affordability31
Affordable rents20
Good schools43
Life expectancy45
Low deprivation35
Employment34
Low council tax76

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

21°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 25° / 17° · 45% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:17

12h 48m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

Crime

4 reported · July 2026 33% YoY

  • Burglary2
  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Vehicle crime1

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

Road safety

273 reported road collisions (2024)

73 killed or seriously injured · 344 casualties · 14.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

219 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 178 rated 4–5 ★ (154 top)
  • 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Billericay (2.9 km)
  • 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Billericay (2.9 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£360,294 average 1% YoY

Across Basildon · to 2026-06

Detached£663,580
Semi-detached£420,370
Terraced£313,485
Flat£185,783

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,421 average monthly rent 5.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £981
  • 2 bed £1,266
  • 3 bed £1,504

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 135.8p · AppleGreen (5.2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (5.2 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

28 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 300 kW
  • Nearest: Car Park D Ford Dunton Technical Centre (2.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools30
  • Sports pitches5
  • Golf courses2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 111 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

11% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,327 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,551
B £1,810
C £2,069
D £2,327
E £2,844
F £3,362
G £3,879
H £4,654

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

Schools

59 schools · 30,397 pupils

46 primary · 9 secondary · 4 other

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

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

Secondary schools:

  • The Basildon Upper AcademyGood
  • The James Hornsby SchoolGood
  • Mayflower High SchoolRequires improvement
  • The Basildon Lower AcademyRequires improvement
  • Beauchamps High School
  • De La Salle School
  • The Billericay School
  • The Bromfords School
  • Woodlands School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Basildon

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

  • In a conservation area (Little Burstead)
  • Within the Green Belt
  • 16 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

191 applications decided

92.7% granted · 177 granted, 14 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Mr Richard Holden

Conservative

Basildon and Billericay

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

Conservative (minority)

  • Lab 12
  • Con 12
  • Ref 11
  • Oth 7

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,720 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

50 jobs advertised · £36,219 avg

e.g. Looking For Part-Time Jobs Near Me? Drive With Uber Instead, Drive with Uber, Car Delivery Driver

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

58% low-carbon electricity

Gas 40% · Solar 21% · Nuclear 18% · Wind 14%

164 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 83.5 yrs women · 80 yrs men

75% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Basildon and Billericay:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Billericay Rural District · 0.6 km

    Billericay Rural District was a rural district in Essex, England, between 1894 and 1934. It covered the town of Billericay and surrounding parishes. The district was abolished in 1934, when most of its area was conver…

  • Little Burstead · 0.6 km

    Little Burstead is a village and civil parish in the Basildon borough of Essex, England. It lies 1.5 miles (2 km) south of Billericay, its post town, and 3 miles (5 km) north-west of the centre of Basildon. At the 202…

  • St Mary Magdalene, Great Burstead · 1.3 km

    Church of St Mary Magdalene is a Grade I-listed parish church located in the village of Great Burstead, about 1.5 mi (2.4 km) south of Billericay, Essex, England. While the current building dates back to the 12th cent…

  • Great Burstead and South Green · 1.3 km

    Great Burstead and South Green is a civil parish in the Basildon borough of Essex, England. The parish includes the settlements of Great Burstead, Noak Hill and South Green. At the 2021 census the parish had a populat…

  • Burstead Grange · 1.8 km

    Burstead Grange was a Cistercian house in Essex, England.

  • The Billericay School · 1.9 km

    The Billericay School is an academy secondary school and sixth form college located in Billericay, England. The school is led by headmaster Patrick Berry and has an enrolment of 1713. As part of the Billericay Educati…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Little Burstead?
Little Burstead is a town in Essex, England, in the Basildon local authority.
How deprived is Little Burstead?
The Basildon local authority, which includes Little Burstead, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.