Black Notley
Village · 1,721 residents
65Good
Good · better than 6 in 10 villages
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
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What’s good
- Less recorded crime than is typical: 49 per 1,000 people a year against 100
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- Food & drink scores 18, below the typical 60
- Health scores 36, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Black Notley
Map outline: Official built-up area
Is Black Notley a good place to live?
Black Notley scores 65/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for safety (83).
It scores lowest on food & drink (18) and health (36).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Black Notley in East of England, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Black Notley
Black Notley reads as brick semis and driveways rather than a high street — this is a village that has grown up around families staying put rather than passing through, and the property mix backs that up: nine of the last eighteen sales were semi-detached, every single one sold freehold, and not one was a new build. A For Sale board here means an established house changing hands, not a developer's hoarding.
The numbers support the settled feel. Median age sits at 41.8, a touch above both the regional and national norms, and the housing pattern fits people who arrived some years ago and haven't left. Semi-detached homes here fetch a median of £395,000 against a national semi-detached figure of £273,000 — this is not a cheap corner of Essex, and the wider £408,500 median price runs 22.5% above the Braintree district figure, which itself is already above the national median. Set against an income decile of 6 and an affordability grade of B, you're paying a premium for the village setting rather than for exceptional local wages.
Safety is where Black Notley quietly stands out. It carries an A grade against a national picture where B+ is the average, and the trend is marked improving rather than static. Sixteen recorded incidents over twelve months is a small number for anywhere, and even within that count violence and sexual offences make up the largest single share — worth naming honestly, since it's the same pattern seen almost everywhere, not a local anomaly. Connectivity also grades A, with full-fibre broadband reaching close to 90% of the area, which matters more than it once did now that so much work happens from a spare room rather than a train seat. Transport itself is more modest in provision — twelve stops serve the village — so this reads as a place you drive from rather than commute from by rail.