Stapleford Abbotts

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 9° · 32% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 8° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:00Sunset 16:25

9h 25m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

37US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Bexley - Belvedere, United Kingdom

• 8.2 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 6.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

14 reported · August 2026▼ 7% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences7
• Other theft3
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Havering-atte-Bower · Metropolitan

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

500 reported road collisions (2025)

72 killed or seriously injured · 606 casualties · 19.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

112 food businesses within 2 miles

• 82 rated 4–5 ★ (55 top)
• 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Harold Wood (4.6 km)
• 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, TfL, National Rail

£444,572 average▲ 1.1% YoY

Across Havering · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,565 average monthly rent▲ 1.5% YoY

• 1 bed £1,217
• 2 bed £1,542
• 3 bed £1,847

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

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

2,886 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: 157.9p · BP (5.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (9.2 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

49 charging locations within ~8 km

• 24 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Units 7-9 Falcon Business Centre Ashton Road (3.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools4
• Sports pitches7
• Golf courses1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Cabinet to consider next steps for Havering's new Local Plan· 4 Nov 2026
• Council Leader tribute to former Councillor Gerry O'Sullivan· 2 Nov 2026
• Update on FCC Waste Management Strike Action - 30 October 2026· 30 Oct 2026
• Council Leader responds to Government Budget· 29 Oct 2026
• Remembrance in Havering· 28 Oct 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK21,002
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK19,285
• Net moves+1,717

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 173 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Havering

304 CQC-registered services

• Care homes60
• GP practices54
• Dentists50
• Homecare agencies123
• Hospitals & hospices2

CQC ratings: 96% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 1 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Havering

• Within the Green Belt
• 17 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

369 applications decided

81.8% granted · 302 granted, 67 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Reform UK majority

• Lab 2
• Ref 39
• Oth 14

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

12,320 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£896 median full-time weekly pay

4.6% 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

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

3 GP surgeries · 0 pharmacies in RM4

• Abridge Surgery
• Saint Francis Hospice Sccs
• Saint Francis Hospice Sccs

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Brentwood and Ongar:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth256 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK176 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND170 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills155 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately144 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  Havering-atte-Bower · 0.6 km

  Havering-atte-Bower is a village in Greater London, England, in the far north of the London Borough of Havering. The village lies 15 miles (24 km) northeast of Charing Cross. It was one of three former parishes whose…

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  Pyrgo Park · 0.8 km

  Pyrgo Park is a park at Havering-atte-Bower in the London Borough of Havering, England. It is the site of the former Pirgo Palace, built before 1540 and demolished by 1814; and of Pyrgo House, built 1852, which lasted…

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  The Round House (Havering) · 1.0 km

  The Round House is a Grade II* listed late Georgian elliptical stuccoed villa located on Broxhill Road in Havering-atte-Bower, London. The house was built between 1792 and 1794 by John Plaw for William Sheldon. It was…

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  Church of St John the Evangelist, Havering-atte-Bower · 1.1 km

  St John the Evangelist, Havering-atte-Bower is a Church of England religious building in the village of Havering-atte-Bower, an outlying settlement of the London Borough of Havering.

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  Stapleford Abbotts · 1.1 km

  Stapleford Abbotts is a village and civil parish in the Epping Forest district of Essex, approximately 5.5 mi (9 km) SW of Ongar, 4.5 mi (7 km) N of Romford and 5 mi (8 km) SSE of Epping. The whole parish is within th…

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  Havering Palace · 1.5 km

  Havering Palace was an old royal residence in England, in the village of Havering-atte-Bower. It was built before 1066 but abandoned in 1686. By 1816 no walls remained above ground.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)