St James Area Guide | £239k Median Price & Crime | Sipuha
Avg IMD
Among the most deprived
Population
8,221
Households
6,676
Crimes · Jun '26
48
6,676
Households
White Brit. · 89%
Ethnicity
Christian · 46%
Religion
Among the most deprived
Avg IMD
48
Crimes · Jun '26
£239,400
Median property price
198
Postcodes
6,676
Households
White Brit. · 89%
Ethnicity
Christian · 46%
Religion
Among the most deprived
Avg IMD
48
Crimes · Jun '26
£239,400
Median property price
198
Postcodes

Sold prices in St James

England & Wales
Property sales · St James
HM Land Registry · St James
Average price
£232,263
YoY: +0.3%
Median price: £239,400
Property type filter
Recent sale price trend
Aug '24 – Jul '26Jul '26: 6 sales · avg £283,499
X axis: MonthY axis: Avg sold price (hover shows sales count)
£283k£230k£176k
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 St James

England & Wales
Crime trends · St James

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
14
YoY +8%
27177
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
ASB
4
YoY —
740
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Vehicle Crime
0
YoY —
1260
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Burglary
1
YoY —
320
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26
Criminal damage
1
YoY —
950
Jul '24Jan '25Jul '25Jan '26Jun '26

0 of 5 key categories improving · violent crime rising

48
incidents · Jun '26

Flood risk in St James

High flood risk in part of this area

2 of 9 sampled points in Zone 3

Not in a flood zoneZone 2Zone 3

Zone 3 is land with a 1 in 100 (1%) or greater chance of flooding in any year.

Recorded as Tidal 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.

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

Last published allocation

None of the schools listed here has a published last-distance figure, so we cannot compare a postcode with last year's allocation. We do not draw catchment maps.

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 St James

GPs make up most of the mapped places

28 GPs · 9 Libraries · 9 Museums · 48 in all

  • GPs28
  • Libraries9
  • Museums9
  • Hospitals2

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

Overview of St James

Coordinates51.7872, 1.1447
Postcodes
198
Population (Census)
8,221
Households (Census)
6,676
Recorded crime · Jun '26
48

Demographics in St James

Ethnicity

Total residents: 8,205
White Brit.88.8%
Other White2.3%
White & Black Caribbean1.3%
Other Asian1.0%
+ other · 6.6%

Religion

Total residents: 8,205
Christian46.0%
No religion44.5%
Not answered7.0%
Muslim1.1%
+ other · 1.5%

Age groups

Total residents: 8,221
50–6421.9%
35–4913.9%
65–7412.3%
25–3411.0%
75–849.4%
+ 6 other age groups · 31.5%

Households

Total households: 6,676
Lone parent family: With dependent children56.2%
Married or civil partnership couple: All children non-dependent13.4%
Lone parent family: All children non-dependent7.2%
Cohabiting couple family: No children5.7%
Cohabiting couple family: With dependent children4.1%
+ 5 other households · 13.4%

Area Deprivation (Average IMD) for St James

Area IMD profile
This area-level value is averaged from postcode IMD deciles within the area boundary.
Among the most deprived
Mean decile 2.22 (1 = most deprived, 10 = least)
1 - Most deprived10 - Least deprived
Overall this area reads as Among the most deprived on relative deprivation, with a mean IMD decile of 2.22 (average of postcode-level deciles in this boundary).

Postcode Districts in St James