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Redbridge

Redbridge is a town in Essex, England, with a population of around 25,000. It has 1 school, 2 pharmacies, 1 supermarket, 11 restaurants and cafés, 47 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Grange Hill, 0.8 km away. There were around 198 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Redbridge 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
Epping Forest
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

23°COvercast

  • Today: 24° / 15° · 24% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 18° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:28Sunset 19:23

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Waltham Forest Dawlish Rd, United Kingdom

Crime

217 reported · July 2026 10% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences76
  • Anti-social behaviour65
  • Other theft16
  • Vehicle crime14

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Buckhurst Hill and Chigwell · 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

243 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 185 rated 4–5 ★ (156 top)
  • 12 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Grange Hill (0.8 km)
  • 47 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Chadwell Heath (5.3 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, 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: 155.9p · Esso (10.8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 179.7p · Asda (11.4 km)

42 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

150 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 36 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 250 kW
  • Nearest: LFB Hainault Fire Station (0.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Swimming pools5
  • Sports pitches43
  • Playgrounds7

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

  • Within the Green Belt
  • 20 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

Council control

Conservative (minority)

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools9
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens27
  • Restaurants & cafés12

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

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 Ilford North:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Chigwell Row Wood · 0.6 km

    Chigwell Row Wood is a 14.1 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Chigwell in Epping Forest district, Essex. It is owned by The Chigwell Row Recreation Ground Charity, of which the district council are the trustees, and man…

  • Grange Hill tube station · 0.9 km

    Grange Hill is a London Underground station. It lies in the parish of Chigwell in the Epping Forest district of Essex. The boundary with the London Borough of Redbridge is immediately to the east of the station buildi…

  • The Forest Academy · 1.0 km

    The Forest Academy is a coeducational secondary school near Hainault Forest in Hainault, London, England. The school is an academy sponsored by Beacon multi-academy trust. The Forest Academy is an Ofsted 'Good' school.

  • Hainault Depot · 1.1 km

    Hainault depot is a traction maintenance depot in Ilford on the London Underground Central line, between Hainault and Grange Hill stations, now in the London Borough of Redbridge, England. Until boundary changes in 19…

  • Chigwell Row · 1.4 km

    Chigwell Row is a small village falling within the Epping Forest district of Essex. It is located 12.9 miles (20.8 km) north east of Charing Cross. It has a London (020) area code, is served by London Buses route 150,…

  • Hainault tube station · 1.4 km

    Hainault is a London Underground station, located in Hainault in east London. It is on the Hainault loop of the Central line, between Fairlop and Grange Hill stations. It is in London fare zone 4, and is home to one o…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

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