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North Weald Bassett

North Weald Bassett is a town in Essex, England. It has 12 bus stops, 1 pharmacy, 6 restaurants and cafés, and the nearest railway station is North Weald, 0.2 km away. There were around 33 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence and sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the North Weald Bassett area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Epping Forest area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 134,979 residents at roughly 398 people per km².

Council
Epping Forest
County
Essex
Constituency
Brentwood and Ongar
Police force
Essex
55/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 114th of 294 English council areas — better than 61% of them.

Low crime55
Home affordability9
Affordable rents10
Good schools80
Life expectancy70
Low deprivation63
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

18°COvercast

  • Today: 19° / 10° · 8% rain
  • Tomorrow: 20° / 11° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:23Sunset 19:30

13h 7m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

27US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Bexley - Belvedere West, United Kingdom

Crime

23 reported · July 2026 15% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences11
  • Anti-social behaviour2
  • Burglary2
  • Criminal damage & arson2

3 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

302 reported road collisions (2024)

76 killed or seriously injured · 371 casualties · 22.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

51 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 36 rated 4–5 ★ (33 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: North Weald (0.2 km)
  • 12 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Harlow Mill (8.9 km):

Loading live departures…

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£536,765 average 4.9% YoY

Across Epping Forest · to 2026-06

Detached£1,019,890
Semi-detached£587,349
Terraced£466,824
Flat£299,131

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,843 average monthly rent 5.7% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,229
  • 2 bed £1,583
  • 3 bed £1,939

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

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 136.8p · AppleGreen (3.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 140.8p · AppleGreen (3.3 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

11 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Harvest Energy Service Station (1.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches4
  • Golf courses3
  • Playgrounds3

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)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 200 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

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%)

45inspected 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

1,571 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

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

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

Planning decisions

277 applications decided

70.4% granted · 195 granted, 82 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Alex Burghart

Conservative

Brentwood and Ongar

Recent votes:

  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145
  • NoRepresentation of the People Bill: Third Reading
  • AyeRepresentation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67
  • NoDraft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative (minority)

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Parks & greens2
  • Restaurants & cafés6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,040 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

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

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: 85.2 yrs women · 80.8 yrs 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Brentwood and Ongar:

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

Notable places nearby

  • North Weald railway station · 0.2 km

    North Weald railway station is on the Epping Ongar Railway, a heritage railway, located in North Weald, Essex.

  • Weald Common Flood Meadows · 0.3 km

    Weald Common Flood Meadows is a 1.9 hectare Local Nature Reserve in North Weald Bassett in Essex. It is owned and managed by Epping Forest District Council.

  • North Weald Bassett · 0.7 km

    North Weald Bassett, or simply North Weald, is a village and civil parish in the Epping Forest district of Essex, England. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 6,448 and the built up area had a population…

  • Roughtalley's Wood · 0.7 km

    Roughtalley's Wood is a 3.4 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Theydon Garnon parish in Essex, England. It is owned and managed by Epping Forest District Council.

  • Church Lane Flood Meadow · 0.9 km

    Church Lane Flood Meadow is a 3.3 hectare Local Nature Reserve in North Weald Bassett in Essex. It is owned and managed by Epping Forest District Council.

  • North Weald Airfield · 1.1 km

    North Weald Airfield is an operational general aviation aerodrome, in the civil parish of North Weald Bassett in Epping Forest, Essex, England. It was an important fighter station during the Battle of Britain, when it…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is North Weald Bassett?
North Weald Bassett is a town in Essex, England, in the Epping Forest local authority.
How deprived is North Weald Bassett?
The Epping Forest local authority, which includes North Weald Bassett, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.