Noak Hill

10°COvercast

• Today: 12° / 8° · 61% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:53Sunset 16:29

9h 36m 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

• 7.6 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.7% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

23 reported · August 2026▼ 21% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences7
• Criminal damage & arson4
• Burglary3
• Anti-social behaviour2

Neighbourhood team: Billericay · Essex

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

252 reported road collisions (2025)

77 killed or seriously injured · 305 casualties · 13.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

241 food businesses within 2 miles

• 190 rated 4–5 ★ (166 top)
• 8 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Billericay (3.1 km)
• 12 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£366,218 average▲ 0.4% YoY

Across Basildon · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,424 average monthly rent▲ 5.4% YoY

• 1 bed £983
• 2 bed £1,269
• 3 bed £1,508

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

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

2,362 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

• Cheapest petrol: 135.8p · AppleGreen (4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (4 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

24 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Car Park D Ford Dunton Technical Centre (2.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools40
• Sports pitches16
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds3

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK11,278
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK11,535
• Net moves−257

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 120 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

8% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Basildon

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 18 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

213 applications decided

89.7% granted · 191 granted, 22 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Mr Richard Holden

Conservative

Basildon and Billericay

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 12
• Con 12
• Ref 11
• Oth 7

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

• Schools5
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,870 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1 jobs advertised

e.g. Babysitter - Nanny/housekeeper wanted in Romford

Source: Adzuna

£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 55% · Nuclear 19% · Gas 16% · Biomass 10%

73 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.5 yrs women · 80 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Essex): 62.4 women · 62.7 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

11 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in CM12

• Western Road Surgery
• The New Surgery
• The Billericay Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Basildon and Billericay:

• Remove the grey belt planning rules361 local signatures · 12,329 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth267 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND253 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases207 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK145 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

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  St Mary Magdalene, Great Burstead · 0.4 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…

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  Great Burstead and South Green · 0.4 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 · 0.8 km

  Burstead Grange was a Cistercian house in Essex, England.

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  Little Burstead · 1.1 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…

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  Basildon and Billericay · 1.2 km

  Basildon and Billericay is a constituency in Essex represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. Since the 2024 general election it has been represented by Richard Holden, a Conservative. He was previously…

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  Great Burstead · 1.6 km

  Great Burstead is a village in the civil parish of Great Burstead and South Green in the Borough of Basildon in Essex, England. The village lies 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of the centre of Billericay. Great Burstead and…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)