Paslow Wood Common

18°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 21° / 17° · 78% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:28Sunset 19:20

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

9US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

17 reported · July 2026▲ 70% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences9
• Anti-social behaviour3
• Vehicle crime2
• Burglary1

Neighbourhood team: Epping and Ongar · Essex

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

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)

42 food businesses within 2 miles

• 35 rated 4–5 ★ (31 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Ongar (3.9 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£513,537 average▼ 1.6% YoY

Across Brentwood · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (12 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 190.9p · ESSO (3.8 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

3 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: InstaVolt Chipping Ongar (3.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

77,046 residents in Brentwood · 503/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,258 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Brentwood

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
• 23 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

151 applications decided

79.5% granted · 120 granted, 31 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Alex Burghart

Conservative

Brentwood and Ongar

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Labour / Independent coalition

• Lab 2
• Con 11
• LD 16
• Ref 8
• Oth 2

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,795 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

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

80% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 41% · Wind 37% · Gas 18% · Biomass 2%

75 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.6 yrs women · 81.2 yrs men

59% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Brentwood and Ongar:

• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test519 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office497 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make it compulsory for children to wear gloves ice skating 405 local signatures · 28,170 nationwide
• Pause housebuilding targets imposed on councils, review and identify local need405 local signatures · 16,962 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership352 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide

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

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  Nine Ashes · 1.0 km

  Nine Ashes is a hamlet in the civil parish of High Ongar, in the Epping Forest district of Essex, England. The hamlet, a linear development along Nine Ashes Road, is less than 1 mile south from the Harlow to Chelmsfor…

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  King Street, Essex · 1.4 km

  King Street is a hamlet in the High Ongar civil parish of the Epping Forest district of Essex, England. The hamlet, a linear development along King Street road, is 300 yards (274 m) south of the A414 Harlow-Chelmsford…

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  Stondon Massey · 1.5 km

  Stondon Massey is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Brentwood in Essex, England. The village is to the north of Brentwood, between Blackmore and Doddinghurst. At the 2021 census the parish had a population…

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  St Laurence's Church, Blackmore · 1.6 km

  St Laurence's Church is an Anglican church, in the village of Blackmore, Essex, England. It is a former priory church, and is noted for its wooden bell tower. It is a Grade I listed building.

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  Blackmore Priory · 1.6 km

  Blackmore Priory was a priory in Essex, England. It was established as an Augustinian Priory with a Prior and twelve Canons, who were not monks but ordained priests. They would be expected to work in the parish as wel…

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  Blackmore, Hook End and Wyatts Green · 1.8 km

  Blackmore, Hook End and Wyatts Green is a civil parish in the Borough of Brentwood in Essex, England. The parish includes the village of Blackmore and the settlements of Hook End and Wyatts Green; the latter two are n…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)