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South east Maldon. About 5,000 people in 26 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 Southminster live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
4,831
2,595th 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
95.0%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.1%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Southminster compares

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

SouthminsterMiddle
Population17 wards, Maldon · 2021
Population: every ward in Maldon17 areas from 2,088 to 4,831. The middle area is 4,169. Southminster is 4,831.
4,831most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares17 wards, Maldon · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Maldon17 areas from 0.0% to 0.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Southminster is 0.0%.
0%
Gigabit broadband coverage17 wards, Maldon · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Maldon17 areas from 43.9% to 99.4%. The middle area is 82.9%. Southminster is 95.0%.
95.0%4th highest
Claimant rate17 wards, Maldon · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Maldon17 areas from 1.7% to 4.1%. The middle area is 2.3%. Southminster is 3.1%.
3.1%joint 4th highest

Is Southminster safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Southminster at a rate of 54.4 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 50.4 per 1,000 people across Maldon.

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

In August 2026 alone, 44 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Southminster.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (153), other crime (44) and anti-social behaviour (27).

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 Maldon

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

Average house price
£389,529
Up 0.3% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£43,385
80th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
9.0×
Joint 87th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
16.0
113th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Southminster in brief

Southminster had 4,831 usual residents at the census.

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

In Southminster, 95.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Southminster, 3.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.