Wickford

19°COvercast

• Today: 23° / 15° · 43% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 14° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:24Sunset 19:24

12h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

199 reported · July 2026▲ 16% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences59
• Anti-social behaviour53
• Criminal damage & arson23
• Shoplifting19

13 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Wickford · Essex

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

273 reported road collisions (2024)

73 killed or seriously injured · 344 casualties · 14.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

199 food businesses within 2 miles

• 157 rated 4–5 ★ (137 top)
• 6 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: Wickford (0.5 km)
• 36 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£360,294 average▼ 1% YoY

Across Basildon · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,421 average monthly rent▲ 5.8% YoY

• 1 bed £981
• 2 bed £1,266
• 3 bed £1,504

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

9.7× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.7 times median annual pay (10.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 135.8p · AppleGreen (3.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (3.7 km)

17 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

16 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Wickford Railway Station (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches21
• Playgrounds10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

187,571 residents in Basildon · 1,705/km²

• Under 16: 21%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 111 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

11% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,327 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (31% of 80,090)

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

59 schools · 30,397 pupils

46 primary · 9 secondary · 4 other

Ofsted: 20 of 23 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (87%)

58inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Basildon

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

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

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

191 applications decided

92.7% granted · 177 granted, 14 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 12
• Con 12
• Ref 11
• Oth 7

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

• Schools11
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens8
• Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,720 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

191 jobs advertised · £39,305 avg

e.g. Knowledge Engineering & Platform Lead, Primary Supply Teacher, School Administrator (Alternative Provision)

Source: Adzuna

£806 median full-time weekly pay

3.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,031 disposable income per head (2024)

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

48% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 78,520 certificates

7.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 83.5 yrs women · 80 yrs men

75% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Rayleigh and Wickford:

• Pass house building reforms for construction of 1.4 million approved houses1,938 local signatures · 7,452 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test623 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office485 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership346 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth308 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

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  Wickford · 0.2 km

  Wickford is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Basildon of Essex, England. It is located approximately 30 miles (48 km) east of London and 4 miles (6 km) north-east of Basildon. At the 2021 census, the parish h…

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  Wickford railway station · 0.5 km

  Wickford railway station is a junction stop on the Shenfield to Southend Line and also the western terminus of the Crouch Valley Line in the east of England, serving the town of Wickford in the Basildon district of Es…

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  A132 road (England) · 1.0 km

  The A132 road is a road in England connecting Pitsea and South Woodham Ferrers.

• The Bromfords School · 1.2 km

  The Bromfords School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Wickford, Essex, England. Most pupils live in Wickford, while a large minority of pupils live in nearby Basildon…

• Beauchamps High School · 1.3 km

  Beauchamps High School is a mixed intake secondary school and sixth form for students aged between 11 and 18 in Wickford, Essex, England. The sixth form offers post 16 education for students aged 16–18 and accepts bot…

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  Runwell · 1.8 km

  Runwell is a village and civil parish in the Chelmsford district of Essex, England. The village immediately adjoins the northern edge of the town of Wickford. The parish also includes rural areas, particularly to the…

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