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Tiptree

Tiptree is a town in Essex, England, with a population of around 9,182. It has 1 GP surgery, 2 pharmacies, 1 supermarket, and 10 restaurants and cafés, along with 23 bus stops and Kelvedon railway station 4.4 km away. There were around 41 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence and sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Tiptree area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Colchester area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 192,716 residents at roughly 587 people per km².

Council
Colchester
County
Essex
Constituency
Witham
Police force
Essex
51/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 149th of 294 English council areas — better than 49% of them.

Low crime37
Home affordability48
Affordable rents46
Good schools45
Life expectancy50
Low deprivation57
Employment54
Low council tax85

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

19°CLight rain shower

  • Today: 23° / 14° · 57% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 18° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:25Sunset 19:21

12h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

Crime

49 reported · July 2026 36% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences25
  • Other theft7
  • Criminal damage & arson4
  • Other crime4

Neighbourhood team: Colchester Rural South · Essex

Local policing priorities

  • Concerns about antisocial behaviour and visible harm across the Colchester district, with particular focus on key hotspot locations inclu…
  • Concerns about vehicle related crime in identified hotspot locations across the district, including residential areas.

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

Road safety

322 reported road collisions (2024)

82 killed or seriously injured · 420 casualties · 16.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

45 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 36 rated 4–5 ★ (34 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Kelvedon (4.4 km)
  • 23 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Kelvedon (4.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£298,003 average 0.3% YoY

Across Colchester · to 2026-06

Detached£501,997
Semi-detached£331,517
Terraced£265,637
Flat£162,504

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,196 average monthly rent 2.3% YoY

  • 1 bed £819
  • 2 bed £1,062
  • 3 bed £1,299

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

Affordability

8.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.4 times median annual pay (9.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 166.9p · Morrisons (11.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Morrisons (11.9 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

8 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Tesco Superstore-Colchester Tiptree (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches7
  • Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

192,716 residents in Colchester · 587/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 63%
  • 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 181 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

1% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,283 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (27% of 86,510)

A £1,522
B £1,776
C £2,029
D £2,283
E £2,790
F £3,297
G £3,805
H £4,566

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

Schools

88 schools · 31,964 pupils

63 primary · 12 secondary · 13 other

Ofsted: 28 of 32 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)

80inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Colchester County High School for GirlsOutstanding
  • Colchester AcademyGood
  • Paxman AcademyGood
  • Philip Morant School and CollegeGood
  • St Helena SchoolGood
  • Colchester Royal Grammar SchoolInadequate
  • St Benedict's Catholic College
  • The Gilberd School
  • The Stanway School
  • The Thomas Lord Audley School
  • The Trinity School
  • Thurstable School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Colchester

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

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 26 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

264 applications decided

87.9% granted · 232 granted, 32 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Priti Patel

Conservative

Witham

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Conservative / Liberal Democrat coalition

  • Lab 9
  • Con 18
  • LD 12
  • Grn 3
  • Ref 5
  • Oth 4

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools5
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets3
  • Parks & greens2
  • Restaurants & cafés10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,590 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

7 jobs advertised · £28,160 avg

e.g. Warehouse Operative, Operations Supervisor, Postal delivery driver (Postie) - Tiptree Delivery Office (CO5 0LD)

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£767 median full-time weekly pay

3.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,738 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

53% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 96,867 certificates

9.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

86% low-carbon electricity

Wind 59% · Nuclear 20% · Gas 13% · Biomass 7%

60 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 83.8 yrs women · 80.4 yrs men

64% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.8
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.6
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Witham:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Tiptree · 0.3 km

    Tiptree is a large village and civil parish in the City of Colchester district of Essex, England. It is situated 10 miles (16 km) south-west of Colchester and around 50 miles (80 km) north-east of London. Surrounding…

  • Tiptree Parish Field · 0.4 km

    Tiptree Parish Field is a 2.2 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Tiptree in Essex, England. It is owned and managed by Tiptree Parish Council.

  • Messing Maypole Mill · 0.5 km

    Messing Maypole Mill is a grade II listed Tower mill at Tiptree, Essex, England which has been converted to a residence. Prior to boundary changes made when the civil parish of Tiptree was established in 1934, the mil…

  • Tiptree railway station · 0.6 km

    Tiptree railway station was on the Kelvedon and Tollesbury Light Railway, serving the village of Tiptree, Essex, England. The station was 3 miles 39 chains (5.61 km) from Kelvedon Low Level railway station.

  • Thurstable School · 0.8 km

    Thurstable School is a mixed secondary academy school, situated in the village of Tiptree, Essex, England. The school is about 8 miles south of Colchester.

  • Wilkin & Sons · 0.8 km

    Wilkin & Sons Limited is a manufacturer of preserves, marmalades and associated products established in Tiptree, Essex, England in 1885, and known for its "Tiptree" brand of fruit preserves.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Tiptree?
Tiptree is a town in Essex, England, in the Colchester local authority.
What is the population of Tiptree?
Tiptree has an approximate settlement population of 9,182.
How deprived is Tiptree?
The Colchester local authority, which includes Tiptree, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.