Rochford

11°CLight drizzle

• Today: 12° / 10° · 65% rain
• Tomorrow: 13° / 10° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:52Sunset 16:28

9h 36m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

46US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

• 7.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

92 reported · August 2026▲ 26% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences46
• Anti-social behaviour10
• Criminal damage & arson7
• Other theft7

3 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Rochford, Ashingdon and Canewdon · Essex

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

80 reported road collisions (2025)

21 killed or seriously injured · 94 casualties · 9.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

192 food businesses within 2 miles

• 169 rated 4–5 ★ (142 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Rochford (0.3 km)
• 17 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£405,340 average▲ 0.5% YoY

Across Rochford · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,300 average monthly rent▲ 5% YoY

• 1 bed £890
• 2 bed £1,169
• 3 bed £1,428

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

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

1,263 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

• Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · Esso (4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Esso (4 km)

7 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,668
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,418
• Net moves+1,250

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 260 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Rochford

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

• In a conservation area (Rochford CA)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 89 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

131 applications decided

81.7% granted · 107 granted, 24 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

4,125 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

82 jobs advertised · £33,977 avg

e.g. Civils Team Leader, SEND Teaching Assistant, Support Worker

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

83% low-carbon electricity

Wind 55% · Nuclear 21% · Gas 16% · Biomass 7%

73 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86.1 yrs women · 79.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Essex): 62.4 women · 62.7 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

9 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in SS4

• Dr Puzey,Dr Kothari And Dr Nanda
• The Practice Leecon Way
• Ashingdon Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Southend East and Rochford:

• Mandatory suicide risk assessment for adolescents in hospital who express intent380 local signatures · 18,972 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND236 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth192 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases191 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK173 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

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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.

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