Rochford

20°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 23° / 17° · 45% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 16° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:28Sunset 19:16

12h 48m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

121 reported · July 2026▲ 102% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences53
• Anti-social behaviour14
• Criminal damage & arson13
• Public order9

6 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Rochford, Ashingdon and Canewdon · 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)

197 food businesses within 2 miles

• 172 rated 4–5 ★ (147 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Rochford (0.3 km)
• 17 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: 155.9p · Esso (4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.7p · Asda (9.2 km)

14 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

23 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Golden Cross Parade (1.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches10
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds4

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

• In a conservation area (Rochford CA)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 89 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 Bayo Alaba

Independent

Southend East and Rochford

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK (minority)

• Con 8
• LD 6
• Ref 12
• Oth 13

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

• Schools7
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies2
• Parks & greens26
• Restaurants & cafés21

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,035 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

111 jobs advertised · £36,813 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Vehicle Technician, Vehicle Mechanic

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

56% low-carbon electricity

Gas 42% · Nuclear 21% · Solar 16% · Wind 14%

173 gCO₂/kWh · high 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 Southend East and Rochford:

• Pass house building reforms for construction of 1.4 million approved houses749 local signatures · 7,452 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership425 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office423 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test372 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s296 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Rochford · 0.0 km

  Rochford is a town and civil parish in Essex, England. It lies 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Southend-on-Sea, 43 miles (69 km) from London and 21 miles (34 km) from Chelmsford. At the 2021 census the parish had a populati…

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  Corn Exchange, Rochford · 0.0 km

  The Corn Exchange, also known as the Women's Institute Hall, is a commercial building in West Street in Rochford, Essex, England. The structure, which is now used by the local branch of the Women's Institute, is a Gra…

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  Rochford District · 0.1 km

  Rochford is a local government district in Essex, England. It is named after one of its main settlements, Rochford, where the council is based. The largest town in the district is Rayleigh. Other places in the distric…

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  Rochford (constituency) · 0.3 km

  Rochford was a County Constituency in Essex, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 1997. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system…

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  Rochford railway station · 0.3 km

  Rochford railway station is on the Shenfield to Southend Line in the East of England, serving the town of Rochford, Essex. It is 38 miles 54 chains (62.24 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street and is situated…

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  Rochford Rural District · 0.5 km

  Rochford Rural District was a rural district in Essex, England, from 1894 to 1974, covering Rochford and surrounding parishes. It was abolished in 1974 to become part of the new Rochford District.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)