Great Wakering & Foulness
Middle areaEast Rochford. 8,529 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 59 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Great Wakering & Foulness live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Great Wakering & Foulness
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Great Wakering & Foulness at a rate of 46.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 50.7 per 1,000 people across Rochford.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 193 |
| Other crime | 70 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 53 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 30 |
| Vehicle crime | 19 |
| Drug offences | 17 |
| Burglary | 10 |
| Shoplifting | 3 |
| Theft from the person | 2 |
| Robbery | 0 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Great Wakering & Foulness compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Great Wakering & Foulness safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Great Wakering & Foulness at a rate of 46.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 50.7 per 1,000 people across Rochford.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 33 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Great Wakering & Foulness.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (193), other crime (70) and anti-social behaviour (53).
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 Rochford
These figures are published for the whole of Rochford, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Rochford and not Great Wakering & Foulness alone. See Rochford
Great Wakering & Foulness in brief
The median price paid for a home in Great Wakering & Foulness was £380,000 in 2025.
Great Wakering & Foulness had 7,930 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Great Wakering & Foulness live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Great Wakering & Foulness, 86.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.