Havering

19°COvercast

• Today: 26° / 18° · 21% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:18

12h 47m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Bexley - Belvedere West, United Kingdom

306 reported · July 2026▲ 1% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences100
• Anti-social behaviour78
• Vehicle crime28
• Public order22

80 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Hylands and Harrow Lodge · Metropolitan

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

559 reported road collisions (2024)

90 killed or seriously injured · 718 casualties · 21.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 396 rated 4–5 ★ (299 top)
• 21 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Emerson Park (0.9 km)
• 45 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£456,759 average▲ 3.9% YoY

Across Havering · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,564 average monthly rent▲ 2.2% YoY

• 1 bed £1,216
• 2 bed £1,541
• 3 bed £1,845

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

11.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 11.0 times median annual pay (12.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · BP (2.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 179.7p · Asda (11.9 km)

33 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

69 charging locations within ~8 km

• 21 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Shell-Romford (0.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms2
• Swimming pools27
• Sports pitches39
• Playgrounds6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Council Leader calls for Boroughs to retain proceeds from any London visitor levy· 11 Sept 2026
• “Nightmare almost over” as Gallows Corner final works begin· 10 Sept 2026
• Councillors visit new modular homes ahead of local families moving in· 9 Sept 2026
• Business closed down as £10,000 worth of illegal tobacco seized· 3 Sept 2026
• Stories of hope to mark World Suicide Prevention Day· 3 Sept 2026

Source: Havering Council

262,052 residents in Havering · 2,332/km²

• Under 16: 20%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 179 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

1% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,425 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (33% of 108,670)

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

92 schools · 44,047 pupils

59 primary · 18 secondary · 15 other

Ofsted: 29 of 30 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (97%)

82inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Havering

302 CQC-registered services

• Care homes60
• GP practices54
• Dentists50
• Homecare agencies121
• Hospitals & hospices2

CQC ratings: 96% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Havering

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

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

342 applications decided

80.1% granted · 274 granted, 68 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Andrew Rosindell

Reform UK

Romford

Source: UK Parliament

Reform UK majority

• Lab 2
• Ref 39
• Oth 14

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

• Schools13
• GPs & clinics5
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets7
• Parks & greens14
• Restaurants & cafés81

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

11,930 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

23 jobs advertised · £31,818 avg

e.g. Office Cleaning Assistant, End of Tenancy Cleaners Wanted, Rental Property Cleaning Specialists

Source: Adzuna

£896 median full-time weekly pay

4.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,374 disposable income per head (2024)

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

39% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 106,362 certificates

8.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

47% low-carbon electricity

Gas 52% · Nuclear 26% · Wind 11% · Biomass 10%

217 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.1 yrs women · 80.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 63.3 women · 63.8 men

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Romford:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office403 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test381 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership311 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s294 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make it compulsory for children to wear gloves ice skating 178 local signatures · 28,170 nationwide

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

• Hylands Park (London) · 0.4 km

  Hylands Park is a public park in the London Borough of Havering in northwest Hornchurch, near to Romford. It is owned and managed by Havering London Borough Council and has Green Flag Award status.

• Heath Park, Havering · 0.6 km

  Heath Park is an area of the London Borough of Havering situated to the east of Romford. It is a largely Edwardian estate built as a result of railway expansion.

• Frances Bardsley Academy for Girls · 0.7 km

  Frances Bardsley Academy for Girls is a non-denominational girls school and sixth form centre in the London Borough of Havering, England. The school educates girls between the ages of 11 and 18.

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  Grey Towers · 0.8 km

  Grey Towers was a crenellated mansion with 85 acres of grounds on Hornchurch Road in Hornchurch, England. It was built in 1876 and brought into public use as the New Zealand Convalescent Hospital during the First Worl…

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  Hornchurch Urban District · 0.8 km

  Hornchurch was a local government district in southwest Essex from 1926 to 1965, formed as an urban district for the civil parish of Hornchurch. It was greatly expanded in 1934 with the addition of Cranham, Great Warl…

• Fielders Sports Ground · 0.9 km

  Fielders Sports Ground is a cricket ground in Hornchurch, England. It was formerly part of the grounds of Langtons House and was known as Langton Park when it was an important venue.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)