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Nazeing

Nazeing is a village in Essex, England, with a population of around 10,000. It has 8 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Roydon, 4.1 km away. There were around 8 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 Nazeing area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Epping Forest area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 134,979 residents at roughly 398 people per km².

Council
Epping Forest
County
Essex
Constituency
Epping Forest
Police force
Essex
56/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 110th of 294 English council areas — better than 63% of them.

Low crime56
Home affordability9
Affordable rents10
Good schools80
Life expectancy68
Low deprivation69
Employment52
Low council tax86

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

9°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 12° / 6° · 39% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:54Sunset 16:32

9h 39m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

79US AQI · Moderate

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Enfield - Bowes Primary School, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.8 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

11 reported · August 2026

  • Anti-social behaviour7
  • Violence & sexual offences3
  • Burglary1

2 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Epping and Ongar · Essex

Local policing priorities

  • Antisocial Behaviour (ASB) - Concerns from residents about ASB in Epping Forest particularly in hotspot areas including Debden Broadway,…
  • Violent Crime - Concerns about serious violence and drug-related harm in Epping Forest.

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

Road safety

330 reported road collisions (2025)

105 killed or seriously injured · 464 casualties · 24.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

68 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 50 rated 4–5 ★ (43 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Roydon (4.0 km)
  • 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Roydon (4.0 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£530,653 average▼ 0.3% YoY

Across Epping Forest · to 2026-08

Detached£1,010,884
Semi-detached£582,954
Terraced£463,588
Flat£292,389

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,844 average monthly rent▲ 5.6% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,230
  • 2 bed £1,584
  • 3 bed £1,941

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

Affordability

12.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 12.4 times median annual pay (13.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,596 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: 136.8p · AppleGreen (5.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 140.8p · AppleGreen (5.4 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

44 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 400 kW
  • Nearest: Morgan Fire Protection (3.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Swimming pools8
  • Sports pitches10
  • Golf courses1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

134,979 residents in Epping Forest · 398/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,097
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK8,993
  • Net moves+1,104

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

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 205 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,277 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (24% of 58,610)

A £1,518
B £1,771
C £2,024
D £2,277
E £2,783
F £3,289
G £3,795
H £4,554

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

Schools

54 schools · 19,253 pupils

35 primary · 7 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 17 of 18 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (94%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Davenant Foundation SchoolGood
  • Epping St John's Church of England SchoolGood
  • Roding Valley High SchoolGood
  • Debden Park High School
  • King Harold Business & Enterprise Academy
  • The Ongar Academy
  • West Hatch High School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Epping Forest

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

  • In a conservation area (Nazeing and South Roydon)
  • Within the Green Belt
  • 40 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

322 applications decided

70.8% granted · 228 granted, 94 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Council control

Conservative (minority)

  • Lab 1
  • Con 19
  • LD 6
  • Ref 12
  • Oth 16

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

Amenities nearby

  • Parks & greens7
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,300 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

57 jobs advertised · £43,759 avg

e.g. CSCS Welfare Labourer, Cover Supervisor, Reception and Customer Service (Placemaker)

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£883 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£36,421 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 · 58,461 certificates

8.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Health

Life expectancy: 85.2 yrs women · 80.8 yrs men

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

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile8.1
  • Happiness yesterday7.6
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

Health services

3 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in EN9

  • Maynard Court Surgery
  • Market Square Surgery
  • Enhanced Access Efn Pcn

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Epping Forest:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Nazeing Triangle · 0.1 km

    Nazeing Triangle is a 0.5 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Nazeing, between Harlow and Cheshunt in Essex. It is owned by Nazeing Parish Council and managed by the council together with Epping Forest District Council.

  • Nazeing · 0.9 km

    Nazeing is a village and civil parish in the Epping Forest district, in Essex, England. As well as the small village of Nazeing itself the parish also includes surrounding rural areas and the larger village of Lower N…

  • Roydon Hamlet · 1.2 km

    Roydon Hamlet is a hamlet in the civil parish of Roydon, in the Epping Forest district in the county of Essex, England. Nearby settlements include the large town of Harlow and the village of Roydon, some three miles a…

  • Jacks Hatch · 1.9 km

    Jacks Hatch, is a hamlet in the Epping Upland civil parish of the Epping Forest district of Essex, England.

  • Nether Hall, Roydon · 2.3 km

    Nether Hall or Netherhall is a former manor in Roydon, Essex, England. Established during the medieval period, Nether Hall contained two manor houses built in the mid-15th century and occupied by the Colte family. Tho…

  • Epping Green, Essex · 2.5 km

    Epping Green is a village in the civil parish of Epping Upland and Epping Forest district of Essex, England, situated on the B181 road between Epping and Harlow.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Nazeing?
Nazeing is a town in Essex, England, in the Epping Forest local authority.
How deprived is Nazeing?
The Epping Forest local authority, which includes Nazeing, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.