Stock

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 7° · 21% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:59Sunset 16:24

9h 25m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

38US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Stanford-le-Hope Roadside, United Kingdom

• 7.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.4% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

6 reported · August 2026▼ 40% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences3
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Burglary1
• Vehicle crime1

1 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Chelmsford South · Essex

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

307 reported road collisions (2025)

86 killed or seriously injured · 378 casualties · 16.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

48 food businesses within 2 miles

• 43 rated 4–5 ★ (40 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£376,682 average▼ 2.4% YoY

Across Chelmsford · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,439 average monthly rent▲ 2.4% YoY

• 1 bed £1,059
• 2 bed £1,291
• 3 bed £1,543

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

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

2,400 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: 135.8p · AppleGreen (8.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (8.3 km)

7 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK12,861
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK11,516
• Net moves+1,345

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 233 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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

87 schools · 31,575 pupils

55 primary · 10 secondary · 22 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Chelmsford

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

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

291 applications decided

83.8% granted · 244 granted, 47 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Sir John Whittingdale

Conservative

Maldon

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 18
• LD 30
• Ref 2
• Oth 7

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

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,495 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

55 jobs advertised · £38,756 avg

e.g. Carpenter / Joiner (Operations - Repairs, Maintenance and Voids), EYFS Teaching Assistant, Skilled Support Workers and Care Assistants

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

76% low-carbon electricity

Wind 46% · Gas 22% · Nuclear 20% · Biomass 11%

101 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.2 yrs women · 81.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Essex): 62.4 women · 62.7 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

2 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in CM4

• Stock Surgery
• The New Folly Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Maldon:

• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND287 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth266 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK196 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks183 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills180 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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  Stock, Essex · 0.1 km

  Stock is a village and civil parish in the City of Chelmsford district of Essex, England. It lies about 6 miles (10 km) south of Chelmsford and about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north of Billericay. At the 2021 census, the par…

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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.…

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