Wickford

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 9° · 27% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:58Sunset 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

• 7.6 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.7% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

227 reported · August 2026▲ 37% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour91
• Violence & sexual offences55
• Public order20
• Criminal damage & arson18

28 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Wickford · Essex

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

252 reported road collisions (2025)

77 killed or seriously injured · 305 casualties · 13.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

202 food businesses within 2 miles

• 158 rated 4–5 ★ (139 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Wickford (0.5 km)
• 36 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£366,218 average▲ 0.4% YoY

Across Basildon · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,424 average monthly rent▲ 5.4% YoY

• 1 bed £983
• 2 bed £1,269
• 3 bed £1,508

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

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

2,362 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 (3.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 142.8p · AppleGreen (3.7 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

17 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK11,278
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK11,535
• Net moves−257

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 120 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

8% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Basildon

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

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

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

213 applications decided

89.7% granted · 191 granted, 22 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

8,870 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

153 jobs advertised · £37,846 avg

e.g. Chef Manager - Benfleet, Level 3 Nursery Practitioner - Wickford, Head Chef

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

Healthy life expectancy (Essex): 62.4 women · 62.7 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

6 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in SS12

• St Andrew'S Healthcare - Bcss Inpatient Unit
• Robert Frew Medical Centre
• London Road Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Rayleigh and Wickford:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth309 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Criminalise unauthorised development & ban retrospective permission298 local signatures · 7,329 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND258 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK199 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Remove the grey belt planning rules172 local signatures · 12,329 nationwide

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

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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…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)