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Little Warley

Little Warley is a town or village in Essex, England. There are 5 bus stops and the nearest railway station is West Horndon, 3.3 km away. In June 2026, there were around 5 recorded street crimes, most commonly Bicycle theft. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Little Warley area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Brentwood area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 77,046 residents at roughly 503 people per km².

Council
Brentwood
County
Essex
Constituency
Brentwood and Ongar
Police force
Essex
63/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 57th of 294 English council areas — better than 81% of them.

Low crime57
Home affordability8
Affordable rents15
Good schools95
Life expectancy67
Low deprivation90
Employment72
Low council tax88

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

17°CClear

  • Today: 20° / 12° · 5% rain
  • Tomorrow: 21° / 12° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:22Sunset 19:29

13h 7m 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

7 reported · July 2026 17% YoY

  • Criminal damage & arson4
  • Drugs2
  • Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Brentwood South · 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

99 reported road collisions (2024)

26 killed or seriously injured · 132 casualties · 12.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

124 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 112 rated 4–5 ★ (92 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Brentwood (2.8 km)
  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Brentwood (2.8 km):

Loading live departures…

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£513,537 average 1.6% YoY

Across Brentwood · to 2026-06

Detached£979,724
Semi-detached£547,154
Terraced£428,473
Flat£264,471

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,618 average monthly rent 2.9% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,106
  • 2 bed £1,397
  • 3 bed £1,714

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

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 135.8p · AppleGreen (11.2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (11.2 km)

21 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

37 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 300 kW
  • Nearest: Ford Motor Company (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches1
  • Golf courses4
  • Playgrounds1

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)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 287 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,258 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (25% of 35,360)

A £1,505
B £1,756
C £2,007
D £2,258
E £2,760
F £3,262
G £3,764
H £4,516

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%)

31inspected 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

1,571 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

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

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

Planning decisions

151 applications decided

79.5% granted · 120 granted, 31 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Alex Burghart

Conservative

Brentwood and Ongar

Recent votes:

  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145

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

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,795 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

18 jobs advertised · £26,436 avg

e.g. Online Geography Tutoring Job in Little Warley – Flexible Schedule, Cleaner with Enhanced DBS check, Online Guitar Tutor - Part Time

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

82% low-carbon electricity

Wind 33% · Solar 25% · Nuclear 19% · Gas 17%

75 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.6 yrs women · 81.2 yrs 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Brentwood and Ongar:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Little Warley · 0.2 km

    Little Warley is a village in the Borough of Brentwood in Essex, England. It is situated south-west of Thorndon Country Park and 2 miles (3 km) south of the centre of Brentwood. It is a dispersed settlement in two mai…

  • Childerditch · 0.6 km

    Childerditch is a settlement in the Brentwood borough of Essex, England. It lies 3 miles (5 km) south of the centre of Brentwood.

  • Great Warley · 0.8 km

    Great Warley is a village in the Borough of Brentwood in Essex, England. It is located 2 miles (3 km) south-west of the centre of Brentwood. It is situated to the far south-west of the county, on the B186 road near to…

  • Thorndon Park Chapel · 1.3 km

    Thorndon Park Chapel (The Petre Chapel) is a former Roman Catholic private chapel situated in Thorndon Park, near the grounds of Thorndon Hall near Ingrave, Essex, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List…

  • Borough of Brentwood · 1.6 km

    The Borough of Brentwood is a local government district with borough status in Essex, England. The borough is named after its main town of Brentwood, where the council is based; it includes several villages and the su…

  • Thorndon Hall · 1.6 km

    Thorndon Hall is a Georgian Palladian country house within Thorndon Park, Ingrave, Essex, England, approximately two miles south of Brentwood and 25 miles (40 km) from central London.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Little Warley?
Little Warley is a town in Essex, England, in the Brentwood local authority.
How deprived is Little Warley?
The Brentwood local authority, which includes Little Warley, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.