Chigwell

11°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 12° / 9° · 57% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 9° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:57Sunset 16:29

9h 32m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Greenwich - A206 Burrage Grove, United Kingdom

• 9.0 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 6.7% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

60 reported · August 2026▲ 5% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences20
• Anti-social behaviour10
• Vehicle crime8
• Criminal damage & arson6

2 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Buckhurst Hill and Chigwell · Essex

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

613 reported road collisions (2025)

104 killed or seriously injured · 735 casualties · 19.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

396 food businesses within 2 miles

• 320 rated 4–5 ★ (276 top)
• 14 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£484,378 average▼ 2.8% YoY

Across Redbridge · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,726 average monthly rent▲ 2% YoY

• 1 bed £1,368
• 2 bed £1,681
• 3 bed £1,981

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

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

1,951 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: 155.9p · Esso (9.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Esso (9.5 km)

25 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK28,093
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK36,360
• Net moves−8,267

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 127 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,295 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

94 schools · 58,148 pupils

53 primary · 14 secondary · 27 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Redbridge

370 CQC-registered services

• Care homes77
• GP practices64
• Dentists66
• Homecare agencies129
• Hospitals & hospices5

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Redbridge

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

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

363 applications decided

78.8% granted · 286 granted, 77 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Dr Neil Hudson

Conservative

Epping Forest

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

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

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

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

16,500 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

112 jobs advertised · £44,706 avg

e.g. Roadside Technician SF, Charge Nurse, Head Chef

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

63% low-carbon electricity

Wind 40% · Gas 36% · Nuclear 14% · Biomass 8%

151 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for London · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

2 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in IG7

• The Forest Edge Practice
• The Willows Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Epping Forest:

• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND194 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth176 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Fund permanent, 24-hour police patrols in Jewish communities165 local signatures · 11,508 nationwide
• Mandatory suicide risk assessment for adolescents in hospital who express intent155 local signatures · 18,972 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK146 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

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  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…

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  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…

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  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…

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  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…

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  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)