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Radwinter

Radwinter is a village in Essex, England. It has four bus stops and two 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 Radwinter area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Uttlesford area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 91,341 residents at roughly 142 people per km².

Council
Uttlesford
County
Essex
Constituency
Saffron Walden
Police force
Essex
73/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 10th of 294 English council areas — better than 97% of them.

Low crime78
Home affordability13
Affordable rents37
Good schools81
Life expectancy96
Low deprivation91
Employment94
Low council tax75

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

10°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 12° / 7° · 56% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:55Sunset 16:28

9h 33m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.9 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

1 reported · August 2026

  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Clavering and Thaxted · Essex

Local policing priorities

  • Concerns from residents about vehicle nuisance in hotspot locations across the district, including town centres and retail/leisure parks,…
  • Concerns about antisocial behaviour and shoplifting in key hotspot locations including town centres, retail areas and public spaces acros…

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

Road safety

157 reported road collisions (2025)

62 killed or seriously injured · 205 casualties · 17.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

6 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Audley End (9.1 km):

Loading live departures…

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£468,166 average▲ 0.1% YoY

Across Uttlesford · to 2026-08

Detached£716,088
Semi-detached£439,513
Terraced£364,693
Flat£203,116

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,289 average monthly rent▲ 0.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £905
  • 2 bed £1,142
  • 3 bed £1,442

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

Affordability

11.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.7 times median annual pay (12.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,300 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

EV charging

7 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: SG16 6EL (2.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches9
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

91,341 residents in Uttlesford · 142/km²

  • Under 16: 20%
  • 16–64: 60%
  • 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,298
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,498
  • Net moves+1,800

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

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 269 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,334 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (22% of 40,760)

A £1,556
B £1,815
C £2,075
D £2,334
E £2,852
F £3,371
G £3,890
H £4,668

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

Schools

44 schools · 13,200 pupils

37 primary · 3 secondary · 4 other

Ofsted: 18 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (95%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Saffron Walden County High SchoolOutstanding
  • Forest Hall SchoolGood
  • Joyce Frankland Academy, NewportGood

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Uttlesford

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 (Radwinter)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 39 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

279 applications decided

74.9% granted · 209 granted, 70 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Sir James Cleverly

Conservative

Braintree

Recent votes:

  • NoWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • NoDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
  • NoDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Independent majority

  • Con 12
  • LD 3
  • Ref 3
  • Oth 21

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,145 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

£958 median full-time weekly pay

2.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£33,494 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

52% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 40,772 certificates

9.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

78% low-carbon electricity

Wind 51% · Gas 21% · Nuclear 19% · Biomass 8%

93 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 86 yrs women · 82.9 yrs men

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

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.1
  • Feeling worthwhile7.5
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

Health services

2 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in CB10

  • Saffron Walden Medical Centre
  • The Gold Street Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Braintree:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Radwinter · 0.1 km

    Radwinter is a village and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. It lies on the B1053 road, 4 miles (6 km) east of Saffron Walden, its post town. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of…

  • Wimbish · 2.0 km

    Wimbish is a village and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. It is 4 miles (6 km) south-east of Saffron Walden, its post town. The first recorded mention of the village was in 1042, when it was…

  • RAF Great Sampford · 2.6 km

    Royal Air Force Great Sampford or more simply RAF Great Sampford is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located 1.7 miles (2.7 km) west of Great Sampford, Essex, England and 5.3 miles (8.5 km) south east of Saf…

  • Hempstead, Essex · 2.8 km

    Hempstead is a village and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. The village is 7 miles (11 km) east of Saffron Walden, its post town, and 6 miles (10 km) west of Haverhill. Hempstead is situated…

  • Ashdon Meadows · 3.1 km

    Ashdon Meadows is a 1.5-hectare (3.7-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Ashdon in Essex.

  • Sewards End · 3.8 km

    Sewards End is a village and civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England. It lies 2 miles (3 km) east of the centre of Saffron Walden, its post town. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 531.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Radwinter?
Radwinter is a town in Essex, England, in the Uttlesford local authority.
How deprived is Radwinter?
The Uttlesford local authority, which includes Radwinter, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.