Paslow Wood Common
Hamlet · 79 residents
63Good
Good · better than 5 in 10 hamlets
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
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What’s good
- Environment scores 81, well above the typical 60
- Less recorded crime than is typical: 51 per 1,000 people a year against 100
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- Prices are high for local incomes: affordability scores 36, where 60 is typical
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Paslow Wood Common
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Is Paslow Wood Common a good place to live?
Paslow Wood Common scores 63/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for environment (81) and safety (71).
It scores lowest on affordability (36).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Paslow Wood Common in East of England, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Paslow Wood Common
Paslow Wood Common reads as detached houses on generous plots, gravel drives, hedgerows rather than pavements in places — the kind of village where the streetscape tells you before the price does that this isn't a starter-home patch. With a population in the dozens rather than thousands and a density nowhere near the regional norm, it feels more like a scattering of houses around a green than a settlement with a centre.
The property picture and the place who lives here tend to match: sales here are dominated by detached freehold homes, and a typical detached place has traded at 830,000 against a national detached median closer to 420,000 — this is a step up even from Brentwood, the wider district it sits in, where prices here already run around 65% above the district figure. A median age pushing 49 fits that pattern too — this is a village of established households rather than young renters, and the near-total freehold ownership (24 of 25 recent sales) says most people here bought to stay, not to flip. Schooling is a genuine strength: the area's overall schools grade sits well above the national average, and High Ongar Primary School, rated Good, gives a concrete anchor for anyone with young children, even if the transport picture — just two recorded stops and no rail count listed — means this is a driving village, not a commuter-belt one in the traditional sense.
Green space is generous relative to the size of the population, and the environment grade here sits well above the national average, which tracks with what you'd expect from the low density and the hedge-and-field character. There's little in the data to suggest a restaurant scene or a high street of any size, so day-to-day life here looks like errands elsewhere and evenings at home rather than a walkable parade of shops. Health provision isn't detailed at village level, so take that as read rather than assumed. Crime is worth a level head about: the overall safety grade is strong, well above the national picture, but the one sub-pattern worth noting is that violence and sexual offences account for the largest single share of the (small) recorded total — worth knowing, though with only a handful of incidents a year the raw numbers stay low in absolute terms.