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Chigwell

Chigwell is a town in Greater London, England, with a population of around 12,250. It has 3 pharmacies and around 13 restaurants and cafés, with 16 bus stops and Chigwell railway station 1.5 km away. The average sold house price is around £602,452, and there were around 56 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 Chigwell 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

23°CSunny

  • Today: 24° / 15° · 24% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 18° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:28Sunset 19:23

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 · Waltham Forest Dawlish Rd, United Kingdom

Crime

46 reported · July 2026 23% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences16
  • Vehicle crime8
  • Other theft5
  • Anti-social behaviour4

3 stop & searches

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

401 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 326 rated 4–5 ★ (280 top)
  • 15 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Chigwell (0.3 km)
  • 16 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Chingford (4.8 km):

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Live buses at Chigwell Station:

  • 167Loughton · 11 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: 155.9p · Esso (9.5 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 179.7p · Asda (11.7 km)

47 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

150 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 30 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 160 kW
  • Nearest: SHELL RECHARGE CHIGWELL (1.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres5
  • Gyms1
  • Swimming pools31
  • Sports pitches39
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds3

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
  • 43 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

  • Schools7
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Parks & greens75
  • Restaurants & cafés8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

16,050 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

148 jobs advertised · £38,443 avg

e.g. Looking For Part-Time Jobs Near Me? Drive With Uber Instead, Positive Behaviour Support Lead, Maintenance Assistant

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

71% low-carbon electricity

Wind 33% · Solar 26% · Imports 18% · Gas 12%

59 gCO₂/kWh · low 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

  • Chigwell tube station · 0.3 km

    Chigwell is a London Underground station in the town of Chigwell in the Epping Forest district of Essex. It is on the Hainault Loop of the Central line, between Grange Hill and Roding Valley stations. It is located in…

  • Chigwell · 0.4 km

    Chigwell is a town and civil parish in the Epping Forest District of Essex, England. It lies adjacent to the northern boundary of Greater London. It is on the Central line of the London Underground. At the 2021 census…

  • Chigwell Hall · 0.5 km

    Chigwell Hall is a Grade II listed house in Chigwell, Essex. It is situated on Roding Lane within 42 acres of grounds. It was designed by the English architect Richard Norman Shaw - his only house in Essex - for Alfre…

  • St Mary's Church, Chigwell · 0.6 km

    St Mary's Church is a Grade II* listed Church of England church in Chigwell, Essex, England. Its parish was later united with that of All Saints Chigwell Row and then in 1994 with St Winifred's, which had been built i…

  • Chigwell School · 0.7 km

    Chigwell School is a co-educational independent boarding and day school. It is a private school in Chigwell, in the Epping Forest district of Essex. It consists of a Pre Prep, Prep School, Senior School and Sixth Form…

  • Buckhurst Hill County High School · 1.1 km

    Buckhurst Hill County High School, BHCHS, (1938–1989) was a secondary school in Chigwell, Essex.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Chigwell?
Chigwell is a town in Greater London, England, in the Redbridge local authority.
What is the population of Chigwell?
Chigwell has an approximate settlement population of 12,250.
How deprived is Chigwell?
The Redbridge local authority, which includes Chigwell, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.