Burstead Area Guide | £465k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha
Avg IMD
Low deprivation
Population
14,078
Households
5,830
Crimes · Jun '26
Low · 2.7 per 1k
5,830
Households
White Brit. · 90%
Ethnicity
Christian · 53%
Religion
Low deprivation
Avg IMD
Low · 2.7 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£464,750
Median property price
328
Postcodes
5,830
Households
White Brit. · 90%
Ethnicity
Christian · 53%
Religion
Low deprivation
Avg IMD
Low · 2.7 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£464,750
Median property price
328
Postcodes

Sold prices in Burstead

England & Wales
Property sales · Burstead
HM Land Registry · Burstead
Average price
£491,269
YoY: -4.0%
Median price: £475,625
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 9 sales · avg £502,166
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£731k£566k£401k
Aug '24Feb '25Aug '25Feb '26Jul '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 Burstead

England & Wales
Crime trends · Burstead

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 yearJul '24 – Jun '26
Key categories · YoY
Violent Crime
17
YoY stable
27165
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
3
YoY —
740
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
4
YoY —
840
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
1
YoY —
530
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
3
YoY —
641
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

0 of 5 key categories improving

38
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Burstead

Medium flood risk in part of this area

1 of 9 sampled points in Zone 2

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

Zone 2 is land with between a 1 in 1,000 and 1 in 100 chance of flooding in any year.

Recorded as Fluvial Models

Environment Agency flood map for planning · 9-point area sample, not a check on any one property

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.

Apply for a primary place via Essex

GOV.UK is the official apply and admissions handoff. We do not link a generic council homepage. Per-LA composite prospectus URLs are not in the API yet.

Amenities in Burstead

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

Overview of Burstead

Coordinates51.6089, 0.4217
Postcodes
328
Population (Census)
14,078
Households (Census)
5,830
Recorded crime · Jun '26
Low · 2.7 per 1k

Demographics in Burstead

Ethnicity

Total residents: 14,088
White Brit.90.0%
Other White2.5%
Indian1.2%
+ other · 6.3%

Religion

Total residents: 14,077
Christian52.7%
No religion39.1%
Not answered5.3%
+ other · 2.9%

Age groups

Total residents: 14,078
50–6421.1%
35–4919.0%
65–7411.3%
25–3410.9%
75–847.9%
+ 6 other age groups · 29.8%

Households

Total households: 5,830
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children17.9%
Any member 66+15.2%
All members 66+13.2%
Other12.0%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children10.7%
+ 7 other households · 31.0%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Burstead

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Low deprivation
Mean decile 8.13 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Low deprivation on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 8.13 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).