Nevendon

17°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 23° / 15° · 46% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 15° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:24Sunset 19:24

12h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

115 reported · July 2026▲ 12% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences33
• Anti-social behaviour26
• Shoplifting16
• Criminal damage & arson12

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Wickford · Essex

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

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)

263 food businesses within 2 miles

• 204 rated 4–5 ★ (171 top)
• 9 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Wickford (2.3 km)
• 9 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£360,294 average▼ 1% YoY

Across Basildon · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 135.8p · AppleGreen (3.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (3.5 km)

18 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

14 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Shell Hovefield Service Station (0.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches1
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

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

£2,327 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Basildon

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

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

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

191 applications decided

92.7% granted · 177 granted, 14 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Mr Mark Francois

Conservative

Rayleigh and Wickford

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 12
• Con 12
• Ref 11
• Oth 7

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

• Schools5
• Parks & greens5
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,720 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

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

83% low-carbon electricity

Wind 56% · Nuclear 18% · Gas 15% · Biomass 10%

72 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.5 yrs women · 80 yrs men

75% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Rayleigh and Wickford:

• Pass house building reforms for construction of 1.4 million approved houses1,938 local signatures · 7,452 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test623 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office485 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership346 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth308 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

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• Beauchamps High School · 2.2 km

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  North Benfleet · 2.2 km

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