Brook Street & Pilgrim's Hatch

Brentwood · East of England · population 7,329 · 4 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

87Area Score / 100 ?
  • #910 of 6,856 in England
  • #109 of 746 in East of England
  • #3 of 9 in Brentwood
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,264
Median age (est.)43
Density430per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above34%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 9%25–44 25%45–64 27%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 40%Mortgage/shared: 44%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 40%Mortgage/shared 44%Social rent 5%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 32%Lone parent: 9%Other: 18%
One person 25%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 32%Lone parent 9%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Managers & directors 18% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Managers & directors18%
Associate professional15%
Administrative13%
Skilled trades10%
Caring & leisure6%
Sales & customer service5%
Elementary5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 89%Asian: 5%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 89%Asian 5%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 61% · No religion 28% · Hindu 2%

Born outside the UK: 11%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Brook Street & Pilgrim's Hatch is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #910 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #3 of 9 in Brentwood. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (96) but weak on Housing & access (40). Typical homes here sold for about £525,000 over the past year, up 15% across five years (from 110 sales), 5% above the wider Brentwood median of £500,000. Typical household take-home income is around £50,665 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 64 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 92 · #540
Employment 93 · #492
Education 80 · #1,403
Health 96 · #279
Crime 58 · #2,843
Housing & access 40 · #4,091
Living environment 41 · #4,036

House prices ?

£525,000median (12m) · +7.1% yr · n=110
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£525,000110+7.1%+15.4%
Detached£733,75034-18.9%-5.0%
Semi-detached£525,00039+2.9%+11.3%
Terraced£443,50018-2.3%+21.5%
Flat£260,000190.0%-1.1%
This area£525,000
Brentwood£500,000
East of England£348,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£50,665±£7,156 · #948 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£41,226
Price-to-income ?10.4×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

32Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

64 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 466 offences
Brentwood68
East of England70
England83

Rank #3,110 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences137
Theft58
Burglary19
Vehicle crime121
Criminal damage & arson45
Public order & weapons25
Drugs48
Robbery0
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 39 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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