# Billericay

Town in Basildon, East of England.

Billericay is a town in Basildon, East of England. Median sale price £487,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 46.6 per 1,000 people. About 34,221 people.

Town. Code E63004701. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Basildon](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon)

Billericay is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Billericay 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: £487,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Billericay was £487,000 in 2025. 86th 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/billericay#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 34,068** (2021). Billericay had 34,068 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 324th 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/billericay#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in Billericay 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/billericay#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 90.6%** (January 2026). In Billericay, 90.6% 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/billericay#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63004701) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in Billericay 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=E63004701) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 597 homes were sold in Billericay in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63004701) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Billericay.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63004701) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Billericay had 34,068 usual residents at the census.

## How Billericay compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Billericay | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £487,000 | 14th most expensive | 130 towns, East of England · 2025 |
| Population | 34,068 | 34th 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 | 90.6% | joint 49th lowest | 130 towns, East of England · Jan 2026 |

## Is Billericay safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Billericay at a rate of 46.6 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, 116 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Billericay.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (604), other crime (270) and shoplifting (218).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Billericay was 40.3 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 Billericay, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Billericay has no single figure. Of its 22 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 14 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in Billericay

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Basildon 001A](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021237) | 1,367 | 22.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 55.7% |
| [Basildon 001B](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021238) | 1,367 | 16.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.7% |
| [Basildon 001C](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021242) | 1,252 | 30.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 91.0% |
| [Basildon 001D](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021250) | 1,553 | 34.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 90.9% |
| [Basildon 001E](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021251) | 1,576 | 14.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.8% |
| [Basildon 002A](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021245) | 1,456 | 81.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 94.2% |
| [Basildon 002B](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021246) | 1,452 | 40.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 85.3% |
| [Basildon 002C](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021248) | 1,508 | 44.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.3% |
| [Basildon 002D](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021249) | 1,547 | 23.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.3% |
| [Basildon 002E](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021252) | 1,381 | 26.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 86.4% |
| [Basildon 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021239) | 1,450 | 15.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.1% |
| [Basildon 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021240) | 1,769 | 62.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 68.7% |
| [Basildon 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021241) | 1,714 | 50.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.7% |
| [Basildon 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021243) | 1,669 | 26.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.8% |
| [Basildon 003E](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021247) | 1,499 | 155.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 91.4% |
| [Basildon 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021244) | 1,545 | 92.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 86.5% |
| [Basildon 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021253) | 1,769 | 49.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.0% |
| [Basildon 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021255) | 1,537 | 73.2 per 1,000 | 10 | 90.7% |
| [Basildon 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021256) | 1,501 | 8.6 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.2% |
| [Basildon 004E](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021258) | 1,712 | 66.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 92.7% |
| [Basildon 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021257) | 1,571 | 40.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 91.4% |
| [Basildon 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021259) | 1,550 | 38.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.1% |

## 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 Billericay

[CM11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cm11), [CM12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cm12)

## Middle areas in Billericay

[Billericay Central & Sunnymede](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/billericay-central-and-sunnymede), [Billericay North East](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/billericay-north-east), [Billericay Queen's Park](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/billericay-queens-park), [Billericay Tye Common](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/billericay-tye-common)

## Towns near Billericay

[Basildon](https://openindex.co.uk/town/basildon), [Brentwood](https://openindex.co.uk/town/brentwood), [Wickford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wickford), [Runwell](https://openindex.co.uk/town/runwell), [Chelmsford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chelmsford), [Stanford-le-Hope](https://openindex.co.uk/town/stanford-le-hope)

## Billericay in brief

Billericay is a town in Basildon, East of England.
About 34,221 people lived in Billericay in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £487,000 in 2025 across 597 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 46.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Billericay was £487,000 in 2025.
Billericay had 34,068 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Billericay live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Billericay, 90.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63004701
- 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: 8.21 km²
- People, mid-2024: 34,221*
- Neighbourhoods: 22
- Output areas: 109

* 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

[Basildon](https://openindex.co.uk/town/basildon), [Brentwood](https://openindex.co.uk/town/brentwood), [Wickford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wickford), [Runwell](https://openindex.co.uk/town/runwell), [Chelmsford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chelmsford), [Stanford-le-Hope](https://openindex.co.uk/town/stanford-le-hope)

## Latest updates for Billericay

- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.
- GP practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Department for Education · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/E63004701

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/billericay, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/billericay#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.8, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23508850. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/billericay