# Basildon

Town in Basildon, East of England.

Basildon is a town in Basildon, East of England. Median sale price £330,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 120.9 per 1,000 people. About 121,000 people.

Town. Code E63004799. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Basildon](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon)

Basildon is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Basildon add up the census output areas (or, for claimants, the neighbourhoods) that sit mostly inside it, so they are close to, but not exactly, the town’s own.

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £330,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Basildon was £330,000 in 2025. Joint 330th most expensive of 1,092. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/basildon#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 115,935** (2021). Basildon had 115,935 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 91st most populated of 1,209. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/basildon#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in Basildon live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/town/basildon#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 93.0%** (January 2026). In Basildon, 93.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/town/basildon#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63004799) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in Basildon live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=E63004799) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 1,428 homes were sold in Basildon in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63004799) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Basildon.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63004799) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Basildon had 115,935 usual residents at the census.

## How Basildon compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Basildon | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £330,000 | joint 55th cheapest | 130 towns, East of England · 2025 |
| Population | 115,935 | 9th most populated | 130 towns, East of England · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 130 towns, East of England · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 93.0% | joint 59th highest | 130 towns, East of England · Jan 2026 |

## Is Basildon safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Basildon at a rate of 120.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 80.2 per 1,000 people across East of England.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 1,363 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Basildon.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (6,082), other crime (2,430) and anti-social behaviour (1,629).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Basildon was 121.2 per 1,000 people.
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.

## Deprivation in Basildon, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Basildon has no single figure. Of its 68 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 9 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 17 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 13 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 11 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in Basildon

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Basildon 010A](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021261) | 1,704 | 63.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.7% |
| [Basildon 010B](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021262) | 1,562 | 74.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 88.5% |
| [Basildon 010C](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021263) | 1,883 | 43.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 76.5% |
| [Basildon 010D](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021274) | 1,922 | 81.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.6% |
| [Basildon 010E](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021279) | 1,664 | 164.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.4% |
| [Basildon 011A](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021301) | 1,546 | 104.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.6% |
| [Basildon 011B](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021303) | 1,390 | 47.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.2% |
| [Basildon 011C](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021307) | 1,389 | 183.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 74.4% |
| [Basildon 011D](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021308) | 1,239 | 38.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.7% |
| [Basildon 011E](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021309) | 1,358 | 134.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 88.9% |
| [Basildon 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021265) | 1,788 | 73.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
| [Basildon 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021267) | 1,995 | 207.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.3% |
| [Basildon 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021269) | 2,132 | 161.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| [Basildon 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021270) | 2,225 | 73.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.7% |
| [Basildon 012E](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021272) | 1,650 | 105.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.2% |
| [Basildon 013A](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021271) | 1,870 | 280.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.3% |
| [Basildon 013B](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021302) | 1,679 | 280.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.6% |
| [Basildon 013C](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021304) | 1,449 | 125.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.6% |
| [Basildon 013D](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021305) | 1,449 | 63.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.0% |
| [Basildon 013E](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021306) | 1,461 | 174.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.2% |
| [Basildon 014A](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021273) | 1,914 | 76.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.6% |
| [Basildon 014B](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021275) | 1,659 | 42.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.4% |
| [Basildon 014C](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021276) | 1,515 | 64.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.6% |
| [Basildon 014D](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021277) | 1,413 | 104.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 87.9% |
| [Basildon 014F](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01034354) | 1,891 | 20.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 89.3% |
| [Basildon 014G](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01034355) | 1,676 | 116.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 89.8% |
| [Basildon 015A](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021266) | 1,784 | 89.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.2% |
| [Basildon 015B](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021268) | 1,686 | 368.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.2% |
| [Basildon 015C](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021318) | 2,703 | 468.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 85.6% |
| [Basildon 015D](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021320) | 1,728 | 94.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.6% |
| [Basildon 015E](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021321) | 1,709 | 59.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.3% |
| [Basildon 016A](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021286) | 2,104 | 120.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.1% |
| [Basildon 016B](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021288) | 1,763 | 116.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 85.7% |
| [Basildon 016C](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021289) | 1,948 | 80.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.1% |
| [Basildon 016D](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021290) | 1,880 | 109.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.7% |
| [Basildon 016E](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021291) | 2,189 | 107.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.8% |
| [Basildon 017A](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021287) | 1,592 | 48.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| [Basildon 017B](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021292) | 1,734 | 53.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.2% |
| [Basildon 017C](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021293) | 1,849 | 56.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
| [Basildon 017D](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021298) | 1,580 | 33.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| [Basildon 017E](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021319) | 2,405 | 108.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.2% |
| [Basildon 018A](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021313) | 1,466 | 38.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 79.1% |
| [Basildon 018B](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021314) | 1,434 | 89.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 90.8% |
| [Basildon 018C](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021315) | 1,560 | 79.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.4% |
| [Basildon 018D](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021316) | 1,720 | 432.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 80.6% |
| [Basildon 018E](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021317) | 1,649 | 153.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.0% |
| [Basildon 019A](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021322) | 1,628 | 136.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 94.1% |
| [Basildon 019B](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021323) | 1,819 | 111.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.2% |
| [Basildon 019C](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021324) | 1,788 | 102.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 91.4% |
| [Basildon 019D](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021325) | 1,640 | 155.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 92.7% |
| [Basildon 019E](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021327) | 1,742 | 102.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 93.2% |
| [Basildon 020A](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021294) | 1,747 | 49.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.8% |
| [Basildon 020B](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021295) | 1,666 | 84.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.3% |
| [Basildon 020D](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021297) | 2,227 | 338.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.0% |
| [Basildon 020E](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021299) | 1,547 | 65.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.0% |
| [Basildon 020F](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01034356) | 1,487 | 75.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| [Basildon 020G](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01034357) | 1,641 | 100.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.9% |
| [Basildon 021A](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021280) | 1,475 | 27.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.0% |
| [Basildon 021B](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021281) | 1,465 | 44.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 81.0% |
| [Basildon 021C](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021282) | 1,556 | 69.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 75.4% |
| [Basildon 021D](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021283) | 1,588 | 70.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 18.8% |
| [Basildon 021E](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021284) | 1,540 | 49.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 85.7% |
| [Basildon 021F](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021285) | 1,419 | 28.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 90.7% |
| [Basildon 022A](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021300) | 2,137 | 78.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.9% |
| [Basildon 022B](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021310) | 1,339 | 225.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 95.0% |
| [Basildon 022C](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021311) | 1,409 | 136.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.5% |
| [Basildon 022D](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021326) | 1,870 | 103.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.9% |
| [Basildon 022E](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021328) | 1,543 | 55.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.2% |

## Your MP

- [Basildon and Billericay](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/basildon-and-billericay): Mr Richard Holden (Conservative), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Council

[Basildon](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon)

## Postcode districts covering Basildon

[SS13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss13), [SS14](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss14), [SS15](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss15), [SS16](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss16)

## Middle areas in Basildon

[Barstable](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/barstable), [Basildon Central & Pipps Hill](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/basildon-central-and-pipps-hill), [Chalvedon](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/chalvedon), [Eversley](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/eversley), [Felmore & Bowers Gifford](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/felmore-and-bowers-gifford), [Laindon Central](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/laindon-central), [Laindon East & Lee Chapel North](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/laindon-east-and-lee-chapel-north), [Laindon West & Southfields](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/laindon-west-and-southfields), [Langdon Hills](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/langdon-hills), [Lee Chapel South & Kingswood](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/lee-chapel-south-and-kingswood), [Steeple View & Noak Bridge](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/steeple-view-and-noak-bridge), [Vange & Pitsea](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/vange-and-pitsea), [Whitmore Way & Fremnells](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/whitmore-way-and-fremnells)

## Towns near Basildon

[Wickford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wickford), [Thundersley and South Benfleet](https://openindex.co.uk/town/thundersley-and-south-benfleet), [Billericay](https://openindex.co.uk/town/billericay), [Stanford-le-Hope](https://openindex.co.uk/town/stanford-le-hope), [Rayleigh](https://openindex.co.uk/town/rayleigh), [Runwell](https://openindex.co.uk/town/runwell)

## Basildon in brief

Basildon is a town in Basildon, East of England.
About 121,000 people lived in Basildon in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £330,000 in 2025 across 1,428 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 120.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Basildon was £330,000 in 2025.
Basildon had 115,935 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Basildon live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Basildon, 93.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63004799
- Constituency: [Basildon and Billericay †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/basildon-and-billericay)
- Council: [Basildon †](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon)
- Region: [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/east-of-england)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 26.06 km²
- People, mid-2024: 121,000*
- Neighbourhoods: 68
- Output areas: 360

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency and council this town mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[Wickford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wickford), [Thundersley and South Benfleet](https://openindex.co.uk/town/thundersley-and-south-benfleet), [Billericay](https://openindex.co.uk/town/billericay), [Stanford-le-Hope](https://openindex.co.uk/town/stanford-le-hope), [Rayleigh](https://openindex.co.uk/town/rayleigh), [Runwell](https://openindex.co.uk/town/runwell)

## Latest updates for Basildon

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63004799

## How to cite

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