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Waltham Cross

Waltham Cross is a town in Essex, England, with a population of around 10,000. It has around 2 GP surgeries, 2 pharmacies, 3 supermarkets, and around 8 restaurants and cafés, along with 20 bus stops and Waltham Cross railway station 1.1 km away. The average sold house price is around £471,312, and there were around 285 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Waltham Cross area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Epping Forest area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 134,979 residents at roughly 398 people per km².

Council
Epping Forest
County
Essex
Constituency
Epping Forest
Police force
Essex
55/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 114th of 294 English council areas — better than 61% of them.

Low crime55
Home affordability9
Affordable rents10
Good schools80
Life expectancy70
Low deprivation63
Employment52
Low council tax86

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

21°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 23° / 13° · 21% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 17° · Light rain shower

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:28Sunset 19:24

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

38US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Haringey Roadside, United Kingdom

Crime

279 reported · July 2026 11% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences103
  • Anti-social behaviour55
  • Other theft21
  • Public order21

14 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Cheshunt East · Hertfordshire

Local policing priorities

  • We’re currently consulting the public on the issues they would like to see their local policing teams focusing on as a priority.

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

Road safety

302 reported road collisions (2024)

76 killed or seriously injured · 371 casualties · 22.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 374 rated 4–5 ★ (325 top)
  • 27 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Waltham Cross (0.7 km)
  • 22 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Waltham Cross (0.6 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

House prices

£536,765 average 4.9% YoY

Across Epping Forest · to 2026-06

Detached£1,019,890
Semi-detached£587,349
Terraced£466,824
Flat£299,131

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,843 average monthly rent 5.7% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,229
  • 2 bed £1,583
  • 3 bed £1,939

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

Affordability

12.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 12.4 times median annual pay (13.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 139.8p · AppleGreen (10.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 145.8p · AppleGreen (9.1 km)

27 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

113 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 23 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 160 kW
  • Nearest: High Street Waltham Cross 3 (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres2
  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches35
  • Playgrounds9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

134,979 residents in Epping Forest · 398/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 200 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,277 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (24% of 58,610)

A £1,518
B £1,771
C £2,024
D £2,277
E £2,783
F £3,289
G £3,795
H £4,554

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

Schools

54 schools · 19,253 pupils

35 primary · 7 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 17 of 18 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (94%)

45inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Davenant Foundation SchoolGood
  • Epping St John's Church of England SchoolGood
  • Roding Valley High SchoolGood
  • Debden Park High School
  • King Harold Business & Enterprise Academy
  • The Ongar Academy
  • West Hatch High School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Epping Forest

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
  • 33 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

277 applications decided

70.4% granted · 195 granted, 82 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Lewis Cocking

Conservative

Broxbourne

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 (minority)

  • Lab 1
  • Con 19
  • LD 6
  • Ref 12
  • Oth 16

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools15
  • GPs & clinics3
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets6
  • Parks & greens19
  • Restaurants & cafés40

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

9,040 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

549 jobs advertised · £42,789 avg

e.g. Nursery Practitioner Level 3, Nursery Room Leader, Superflex Roadside Patrol - Bromley

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£883 median full-time weekly pay

3.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£36,421 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

44% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 58,461 certificates

8.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

92% low-carbon electricity

Wind 46% · Solar 28% · Nuclear 16% · Gas 8%

33 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.2 yrs women · 80.8 yrs men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile8.1
  • Happiness yesterday7.6
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Broxbourne:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Waltham Cross · 0.2 km

    Waltham Cross is a town in the Borough of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England, located 12 miles (19 km) north of central London. In the south-eastern corner of Hertfordshire, it borders Cheshunt to the north, Waltham A…

  • Waltham Cross railway station · 0.6 km

    Waltham Cross railway station is on the Lea Valley Lines, serving the suburban town of Waltham Cross in Hertfordshire, and the neighbouring Waltham Abbey in Essex, England. It is 12 miles 63 chains (20.6 km) down the…

  • Theobalds Grove railway station · 0.7 km

    Theobalds Grove is a station on the Weaver line of the London Overground, located in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire. The station is named after the nearby Theobalds Palace grounds. It is 13 miles 45 chains (21.8 km) dow…

  • Lea Valley Academy · 0.7 km

    Lea Valley Academy is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in the Bullsmoor area of Enfield, England.

  • Cedars Park, Cheshunt · 0.7 km

    Cedars Park is a historic public park located in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England. It was originally the site of Theobalds Palace, King James I's favourite residence. The park has received a Green Flag Award every yea…

  • Theobalds House · 0.8 km

    Theobalds House, also known as Theobalds Palace, was a significant 16th-century stately home located in the parish of Cheshunt, Hertfordshire.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Waltham Cross?
Waltham Cross is a town in Essex, England, in the Epping Forest local authority.
What is the population of Waltham Cross?
Waltham Cross has an approximate settlement population of 10,000.
How deprived is Waltham Cross?
The Epping Forest local authority, which includes Waltham Cross, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.