United Kingdom · East of England · Local Authority
Castle Point
Non-metropolitan district · East of England, England · population ~91k · 29 state-funded schools
Affordable to rent, but expensive to buy into. Castle Point offers a median monthly rent that takes a manageable 35.3% of gross median earnings, and recorded crime is below the regional average at 51.7 per 1,000. However, the median house price is a steep 8.6 times annual pay, and the median house price itself is higher than 65% of authorities in the East of England. Deprivation is also a concern, scoring 16.84 against a regional median of 15.1. This location suits those prioritising lower rents and lower crime over property ownership or career progression.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 data.
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How Castle Point ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£41,855/yr
High
Better than 67% of UK LAs
House price
£360,000
Expensive
Worse than 71% of UK LAs
Rent
£1,231/mo
Expensive
Worse than 66% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,319/yr
Cheap
Better than 76% of UK LAs
Crime
51.7/1k
Safest
Better than 86% of UK LAs
Deprivation
16.8
Mid
Better than 57% of UK LAs
Schools
93.1%
Mid
Around UK average
Colour shows quintile position against 361 UK Local Authorities. Green is the best position for someone moving here; red is the worst. Direction is set per indicator — higher pay, lower rent, less crime, less deprivation are all green.
Schools
29 state-funded schools · Ofsted Feb 2026
27 of 29 (93.1%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. How we count →
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29 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 29 schools, sortable and filterable.
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Commute times · GP appointment availability · broadband speeds · air quality at LA level · green-space proximity · public transport coverage. These matter for a relocation decision. We'll add them when the source data is reliable nationally and consistent across LA boundaries.