Ongar Area Guide | £480k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha
Avg IMD
Around average
Population
8,552
Households
3,473
Crimes · Jun '26
Around average · 6.1 per 1k
3,473
Households
White Brit. · 92%
Ethnicity
Christian · 52%
Religion
Around average
Avg IMD
Around average · 6.1 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£480,000
Median property price
212
Postcodes
3,473
Households
White Brit. · 92%
Ethnicity
Christian · 52%
Religion
Around average
Avg IMD
Around average · 6.1 per 1k
Crimes · Jun '26
£480,000
Median property price
212
Postcodes

Sold prices in Ongar

England & Wales
Property sales · Ongar
HM Land Registry · Ongar
Average price
£458,561
YoY: -14.0%
Median price: £481,250
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 2 sales · avg £503,500
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£971k£561k£150k
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 Ongar

England & Wales
Crime trends · Ongar

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
15
YoY stable
261911
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
7
YoY —
1050
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
7
YoY —
1061
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
1
YoY —
420
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
5
YoY —
741
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

0 of 5 key categories improving

52
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in Ongar

No high or medium flood zones in the sample

9 sampled points outside Zones 2 and 3

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

None of the sample points sit in published Zone 2 or Zone 3.

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.

Epping Forest 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 Ongar

GPs make up most of the mapped places

11 GPs · 7 Libraries · 6 Museums · 27 in all

  • GPs11
  • Libraries7
  • Museums6
  • Hospitals3

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

Overview of Ongar

Coordinates51.7078, 0.2459
Postcodes
212
Population (Census)
8,552
Households (Census)
3,473
Recorded crime · Jun '26
Around average · 6.1 per 1k

Demographics in Ongar

Ethnicity

Total residents: 8,557
White Brit.91.6%
Other White2.4%
+ other · 6.0%

Religion

Total residents: 8,556
Christian51.5%
No religion39.4%
Not answered5.7%
Jewish1.6%
+ other · 1.7%

Age groups

Total residents: 8,552
50–6420.5%
35–4918.0%
65–7411.3%
25–3410.5%
10–157.6%
+ 6 other age groups · 32.1%

Households

Total households: 3,473
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children15.8%
Any member 66+15.5%
All members 66+12.2%
Other10.4%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children10.2%
+ 7 other households · 36.0%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for Ongar

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Around average
Mean decile 6.36 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Around average on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 6.36 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Postcode Districts in Ongar