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Goat Hall

Ward

South west Chelmsford. About 6,075 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 4.0 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Goat Hall live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
5,973
Joint 3,560th least populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
95.9%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Goat Hall compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Goat HallMiddle
Population24 wards, Chelmsford · 2021
Population: every ward in Chelmsford24 areas from 3,198 to 13,333. The middle area is 6,839. Goat Hall is 5,973.
5,9738th least populated
People in radon Affected Area squares24 wards, Chelmsford · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Chelmsford24 areas from 0.0% to 0.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Goat Hall is 0.0%.
0%
Gigabit broadband coverage24 wards, Chelmsford · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Chelmsford24 areas from 39.3% to 98.5%. The middle area is 93.0%. Goat Hall is 95.9%.
95.9%7th highest
Claimant rate24 wards, Chelmsford · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Chelmsford24 areas from 1.7% to 4.6%. The middle area is 2.3%. Goat Hall is 2.2%.
2.2%joint 8th lowest

Is Goat Hall safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Goat Hall at a rate of 44.6 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 83.5 per 1,000 people across Chelmsford.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 42 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Goat Hall.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (83), other crime (77) and vehicle crime (28).

Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.

Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

Figures for the whole of Chelmsford

These figures are published for the whole of Chelmsford, not for each ward, so they describe all of Chelmsford and not Goat Hall alone. See Chelmsford

Average house price
£378,080
Down 2.3% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£46,179
39th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.2×
Joint 123rd least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
13.1
Joint 65th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Goat Hall in brief

Goat Hall had 5,973 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Goat Hall live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Goat Hall, 95.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Goat Hall, 2.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.