United Kingdom · East of England · Local Authority
Rochford
Non-metropolitan district · East of England, England · population ~88k · 27 state-funded schools
Expensive to live in, but pay and safety are relative strengths. Rochford's median house price is 9 times annual pay, and rent takes 34.3% of gross earnings, both higher than the regional median. However, weekly pay is £864.90, above the East of England average, and recorded crime is low at 43.5 per 1,000, below the regional median. School quality is on par with the regional median at 92.1% of pupils in Good or Outstanding places, and the deprivation score is also better than the regional median. This suits those prioritising a safer environment and decent pay over lower housing costs.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 data.
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How Rochford ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£44,975/yr
Very high
Better than 82% of UK LAs
House price
£405,000
Expensive
Worse than 78% of UK LAs
Rent
£1,285/mo
Expensive
Worse than 71% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,363/yr
Cheap
Better than 66% of UK LAs
Crime
43.5/1k
Safest
Better than 95% of UK LAs
Deprivation
10.4
Least deprived
Better than 89% of UK LAs
Schools
92.6%
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
27 state-funded schools · Ofsted Feb 2026
25 of 27 (92.6%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. How we count →
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27 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 27 schools, sortable and filterable.
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What we don't know yet
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.