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Buckhurst Hill

Buckhurst Hill is a town in Greater London, England, with a population of around 11,755. It has around 1 school, 5 pharmacies, and 33 restaurants and cafés, along with 12 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Roding Valley, 0 km away. The average sold house price is around £698,539, and there were around 109 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 Buckhurst Hill area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Redbridge area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 310,260 residents at roughly 5,502 people per km².

Council
Redbridge
County
Greater London
Constituency
Ilford North
Police force
Metropolitan Police
49/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 157th of 294 English council areas — better than 47% of them.

Low crime48
Home affordability4
Affordable rents6
Good schools79
Life expectancy83
Low deprivation50
Employment7
Low council tax83

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°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 25° / 16° · 41% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 13° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:19

12h 48m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

2US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: carbon monoxide

Source: WAQI · Haringey Roadside, United Kingdom

Crime

126 reported · July 2026 25% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences44
  • Vehicle crime19
  • Criminal damage & arson12
  • Anti-social behaviour11

3 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Buckhurst Hill and Chigwell · Essex

Local policing priorities

  • Antisocial Behaviour (ASB) - Concerns from residents about ASB in Epping Forest particularly in hotspot areas including Debden Broadway,…
  • Violent Crime - Concerns about serious violence and drug-related harm in Epping Forest.

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

Road safety

624 reported road collisions (2024)

81 killed or seriously injured · 737 casualties · 20.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

  • 405 rated 4–5 ★ (338 top)
  • 20 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Buckhurst Hill (1.0 km)
  • 26 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Chingford (1.9 km):

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Live buses at Knighton Lane:

  • 397Debden · due
  • 20Debden · 4 min
  • 20Debden · 23 min

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

House prices

£495,977 average 3.6% YoY

Across Redbridge · to 2026-06

Detached£1,123,235
Semi-detached£700,446
Terraced£549,176
Flat£312,545

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,724 average monthly rent 2.1% YoY

  • 1 bed £1,365
  • 2 bed £1,679
  • 3 bed £1,977

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

Affordability

14.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 14.2 times median annual pay (14.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 139.8p · AppleGreen (10.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 145.8p · AppleGreen (9.3 km)

48 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

150 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 17 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 160 kW
  • Nearest: Shell Buckhurst Hill (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres4
  • Swimming pools17
  • Sports pitches57
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

310,260 residents in Redbridge · 5,502/km²

  • Under 16: 22%
  • 16–64: 66%
  • 65+: 12%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 160 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,295 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (30% of 108,080)

A £1,530
B £1,785
C £2,040
D £2,295
E £2,804
F £3,314
G £3,824
H £4,589

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

Schools

95 schools · 58,362 pupils

53 primary · 14 secondary · 28 other

Ofsted: 32 of 34 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (94%)

79inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Valentines High SchoolOutstanding
  • Woodbridge High SchoolOutstanding
  • Beal High SchoolGood
  • Caterham High SchoolGood
  • Forest AcademyGood
  • Ilford County High SchoolGood
  • Oaks Park High SchoolGood
  • Trinity Catholic High SchoolGood
  • King Solomon High SchoolRequires improvement
  • Chadwell Heath Academy
  • Mayfield School
  • The Palmer Catholic Academy
  • The Ursuline Academy Ilford
  • Wanstead High School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Redbridge

Care & health services

367 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes78
  • GP practices62
  • Dentists67
  • Homecare agencies128
  • Hospitals & hospices5

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Redbridge

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

370 applications decided

68.9% granted · 255 granted, 115 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Dr Neil Hudson

Conservative

Epping Forest

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

Labour majority

  • Lab 43
  • Con 5
  • Grn 5
  • Ref 1
  • Oth 9

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools16
  • GPs & clinics2
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens42
  • Restaurants & cafés18

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

16,050 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

94 jobs advertised · £32,821 avg

e.g. Sign Up To Drive With Uber - Flexible Alternative To Driving Jobs, Registered Nurse, Deputy Imaging Manager

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£862 median full-time weekly pay

6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,711 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 118,144 certificates

10.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

32% low-carbon electricity

Gas 35% · Imports 33% · Solar 15% · Wind 8%

169 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for London · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.3 yrs women · 81.9 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 63.3 women · 63.5 men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile7.9
  • Happiness yesterday7.6
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Epping Forest:

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

Notable places nearby

  • St John the Baptist Church, Buckhurst Hill · 0.6 km

    St John the Baptist Church, or St John's, is a Church of England parish church in the town of Buckhurst Hill in Essex, England.

  • Buckhurst Hill West (ward) · 0.6 km

    Buckhurst Hill West is an electoral ward in Epping Forest District, United Kingdom, since 1979. It is one of two wards that represents Buckhurst Hill, the other one being Buckhurst Hill East and Whitebridge, created i…

  • Bancroft's School · 0.6 km

    Bancroft's School is a co-educational private day school in Woodford Green, London. The school has around 1,150 pupils aged between 7 and 18, around 250 of whom are pupils of the Preparatory School and 850 of whom are…

  • Buckhurst Hill · 0.9 km

    Buckhurst Hill is an affluent town and civil parish in the Epping Forest District of Essex, England. It is inside the M25 London orbital motorway but lies just outside the administrative boundary of Greater London. It…

  • Monkhams · 0.9 km

    Monkhams is an area in Woodford in the London Borough of Redbridge. The Monkhams Estate is an affluent area consisting mainly of large, detached homes.

  • Hatch Lane · 0.9 km

    Hatch Lane was an electoral ward in the London Borough of Waltham Forest from 1978 to 2022. The ward was first used in the 1978 elections and last used for the 2018 elections, with a final by-election in 2021. It retu…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Buckhurst Hill?
Buckhurst Hill is a town in Greater London, England, in the Redbridge local authority.
What is the population of Buckhurst Hill?
Buckhurst Hill has an approximate settlement population of 11,755.
How deprived is Buckhurst Hill?
The Redbridge local authority, which includes Buckhurst Hill, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.