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Basildon

LOCAL AUTHORITY
Avg IMD
Most deprived 40–50%
Census 2021
187,571
Households
76,364
Crimes · Aug '26
1,755

Estimated population, mid-2025: 193,489 (ONS, published 29 Jul 2026)

76,364
Households
White Brit. · 82%
Ethnicity
Christian · 47%
Religion
Most deprived 40⁠–⁠50%
Avg IMD
1,755
Crimes · Aug '26
£365,000
Median property price · Basildon · Oct 2025⁠–⁠Sep 2026 · 2,034 sales
£1,428
Average rent, September 2026
4,133
Postcodes

Sold prices in Basildon

England & Wales
Property sales · Basildon
HM Land Registry · Basildon
Average price
£405,891
Median price: £365,000
Median 0% vs prior 12 months
Standard sales only · Oct 2025–Sep 2026 · 2,034 sales
View district SS14
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Oct '25 – Sep '26Sep '26: 56 sales · avg £409,163
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£429k£406k£383k
Oct '25Jan '26Apr '26Sep '26
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Police Recorded Crime in Basildon

England & Wales
Crime trends · Basildon

Counts are the sum of electoral wards in this area, not a 1-mile street search around a point.

data.police.uk · YoY vs same month last yearSep '24 – Aug '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
643
YoY stable
720625529
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
ASB
331
YoY +42%
331217103
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Vehicle Crime
74
YoY -41%
17512574
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Burglary
38
YoY -14%
785532
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Criminal damage
130
YoY -16%
17513696
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Other recorded crime
223
YoY stable
279229178
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Notable spike detected in secondary categories
Robbery
28
YoY +27%
34217
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Public Order
130
YoY +34%
14510871
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26
Shoplifting
158
YoY -13%
18212670
Sep '24Mar '25Sep '25Mar '26Aug '26

3 of 6 key categories improving · public order up sharply · asb rising

1,755
incidents · Aug '26

Demographics in Basildon

Ethnicity

Total residents: 187,567
White Brit.82.1%
Other White4.4%
African3.4%
Indian2.1%
Other Asian1.0%
+ 14 other groups · 7.0%

Religion

Total residents: 187,571
Christian46.5%
No religion44.1%
Not answered5.2%
Muslim1.8%
Hindu1.2%
+ 4 other religions · 1.1%

Age groups

Total residents: 187,571
35–4919.8%
50–6419.1%
25–3414.0%
65–749.1%
10–157.6%
+ 6 other age groups · 30.4%

Households

Total households: 76,364
One person: other15.8%
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children15.7%
One person: aged 66+12.4%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children9.5%
Single family household, all members 66+8.6%
+ 9 other households · 38.1%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Basildon

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Most deprived 40–50%
Mean decile 5.33 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Most deprived 40–50% on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 5.33 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Flood risk in Basildon

1% of postcodes (22 of 4133) are in Flood Zone 3 and 2% in Zone 2, measured at each postcode's centre (EA Flood Map for Planning). Not a property-level assessment.

  • Zone 322 (1%)
  • Zone 282 (2%)
  • Zone 14,029 (97%)

Environment Agency flood map for planning · © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right · Open Government Licence v3.0

Transport in Basildon

Basildon is a 32-minute walk from the centre

Rail · 2.5 km

  • Basildon

    Rail

    2.5 km

  • Laindon

    Rail

    3.8 km

  • Pitsea

    Rail

    4.3 km

  • Wickford

    Rail

    4.6 km

  • Billericay

    Rail

    5.4 km

  • Basildon Town Centre Bus Station

    Coach

    2.4 km

NaPTAN · walking distance from the area centre · Rail, Coach

Amenities in Basildon

GPs make up most of the mapped places

15 GPs · 7 Libraries · 1 Hospitals · 24 in all

  • GPs15
  • Libraries7
  • Hospitals1
  • Museums1

OpenStreetMap · selected tags only · council totals; wards use the parent figure

Private rents in Basildon

Average rent, September 2026

£1,428/month

ONS Price Index of Private Rents — average monthly rent by bedroom.

£985
1 bed
£1,272
2 bed
£1,513
3 bed
£2,128
4+ bed

ONS Price Index of Private Rents · local authority aggregate, not an asking rent

School applications

We've matched this area to Essex.

You apply through this education local authority even if the school is in another council area.

Basildon is the district council. School applications go through Essex.

Last place offered

None of these schools has a published last distance, so we cannot compare this postcode with last year's places. We do not draw catchment maps in this list; where we hold a council's map, it is on the school's page.

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Overview of Basildon

Coordinates51.5901, 0.4664
Postcodes
4,133
Census 2021
187,571

Estimated population, mid-2025: 193,489 (ONS, published 29 Jul 2026)

Households (Census)
76,364
Recorded crime · Aug '26
1,755

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