Stock

15°CClear

• Today: 24° / 13° · 20% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:26Sunset 19:22

12h 55m 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 · Stanford-le-Hope Roadside, United Kingdom

8 reported · July 2026▲ 167% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour4
• Violence & sexual offences4

Neighbourhood team: Chelmsford South · Essex

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

300 reported road collisions (2024)

77 killed or seriously injured · 393 casualties · 16.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

45 food businesses within 2 miles

• 42 rated 4–5 ★ (39 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

1 active warning/alert

• Flood alert: The Essex coast from Clacton to and including, St Peters Flat and the Colne and Blackwater estuaries

Source: Environment Agency

• Nearest station: Ingatestone (4.0 km)
• 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£383,103 average▼ 1.2% YoY

Across Chelmsford · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,442 average monthly rent▲ 3.3% YoY

• 1 bed £1,061
• 2 bed £1,294
• 3 bed £1,545

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

10.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.7 times median annual pay (11.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 135.8p · AppleGreen (8.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (8.3 km)

13 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

12 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Ground Control LTD (4.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools36
• Sports pitches2
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

181,523 residents in Chelmsford · 536/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 260 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,300 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (29% of 81,730)

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

86 schools · 31,575 pupils

55 primary · 10 secondary · 21 other

Ofsted: 27 of 31 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (87%)

72inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Chelmsford

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 (Stock Conservation Area)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 48 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

307 applications decided

83.1% granted · 255 granted, 52 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sir John Whittingdale

Conservative

Maldon

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 19
• LD 31
• Ref 2
• Oth 5

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,385 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

48 jobs advertised · £43,115 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Customer Service Planner, Senior Site Manager

Source: Adzuna

£878 median full-time weekly pay

2.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£28,603 disposable income per head (2024)

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

49% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 82,010 certificates

7.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

48% low-carbon electricity

Gas 50% · Nuclear 28% · Biomass 16% · Wind 4%

216 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.2 yrs women · 81.5 yrs men

60% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.8
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.8

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Maldon:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office495 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test457 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership381 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s293 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth265 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

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  Stock, Essex · 0.1 km

  Stock is a village and civil parish in the Chelmsford district of Essex, England. in south Essex, England. It is about 6 miles (10 km) south of Chelmsford, the county town, and about 2.5 miles north of Billericay. At…

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  Stock Windmill · 0.9 km

  Stock Windmill is a grade II* listed tower mill at Stock, Essex, which has been restored.

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  Buttsbury · 2.6 km

  Buttsbury is a settlement in the civil parish of Stock, in the Chelmsford district of Essex, England. Buttsbury was anciently an extensive parish, which included both Stock and areas that now form northern suburbs of…

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  St Mary's Buttsbury · 2.6 km

  St Mary's is a Grade II* listed parish church in the village of Buttsbury, approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north west of Ingatestone and 3.8 miles (6.1 km) south east of Billericay in Essex, England. The present buil…

• Mayflower High School · 2.7 km

  Mayflower High School, founded in 1965, and named after the Mayflower ship, is a coeducational, secondary school located in Billericay, Essex in the East of England in the United Kingdom. The school has a mixed intake…

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  Margaretting · 2.8 km

  Margaretting is a village and civil parish in the Chelmsford district of Essex, England. The village is located on the B1002 road approximately four miles from Chelmsford and two miles from the village of Ingatestone.…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)