Rawreth

18°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 21° / 18° · 72% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:27Sunset 19:19

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom

15 reported · July 2026▼ 29% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences10
• Criminal damage & arson2
• Vehicle crime2
• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Rayleigh · Essex

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

88 reported road collisions (2024)

30 killed or seriously injured · 108 casualties · 10.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

143 food businesses within 2 miles

• 118 rated 4–5 ★ (101 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Battlesbridge (1.6 km)
• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£415,574 average▲ 6.2% YoY

Across Rochford · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,298 average monthly rent▲ 5% YoY

• 1 bed £888
• 2 bed £1,167
• 3 bed £1,425

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

11.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.1 times median annual pay (13.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 135.8p · AppleGreen (7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (7 km)

18 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

15 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: Market Way Car Park (3.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches2
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

85,661 residents in Rochford · 513/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 286 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,363 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (32% of 38,350)

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

28 schools · 12,854 pupils

22 primary · 4 secondary · 2 other

Ofsted: 8 of 10 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (80%)

27inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Rochford

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
• 19 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

106 applications decided

85.8% granted · 91 granted, 15 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Mr Mark Francois

Conservative

Rayleigh and Wickford

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK (minority)

• Con 8
• LD 6
• Ref 12
• Oth 13

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

• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,035 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

35 jobs advertised · £37,386 avg

e.g. Counter Balance Forklift Driver, Project Administrator/Bulk ID Analyst, Facilities / Premises Assistant – Schools

Source: Adzuna

£865 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,085 disposable income per head (2024)

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

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 33,909 certificates

7.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

59% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 37% · Gas 32% · Wind 15% · Imports 8%

142 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86.1 yrs women · 79.8 yrs men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.5
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

• 
  Rawreth · 0.2 km

  Rawreth is a village and civil parish in the District of Rochford, Essex, England. It is situated between Wickford and Rayleigh.

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  Battlesbridge · 1.3 km

  Battlesbridge is a village in Essex, England. It straddles the River Crouch which is tidal and navigable up to this point. It is approximately 14 miles (23 km) south-southeast of Chelmsford and 4 miles (6.4 km) north…

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  Battlesbridge railway station · 1.6 km

  Battlesbridge railway station is a stop on the Crouch Valley Line in the East of England, serving the village of Battlesbridge, Essex. It is 31 miles 40 chains (50.7 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and…

• Canning Town F.C. · 1.7 km

  Canning Town Football Club is a football club based in Canning Town, in the London Borough of Newham, England. They are currently members of the Essex Olympian League Premier Division.

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  Shotgate · 1.7 km

  Shotgate is a suburb of the town of Wickford and a civil parish in the Basildon borough of Essex, England. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 3,632.

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  Shotgate Thickets · 1.7 km

  Shotgate Thickets is a 3.2-hectare (7.9-acre) nature reserve east of Wickford in Essex. It is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)