# Halstead Town in Braintree, East of England. Halstead is a town in Braintree, East of England. Median sale price £325,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 61.5 per 1,000 people. About 14,807 people. Town. Code E63004016. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Braintree](https://openindex.co.uk/braintree) Halstead is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Halstead 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: £325,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Halstead was £325,000 in 2025. Joint 341st 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/halstead#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 13,902** (2021). Halstead had 13,902 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 453rd least 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/halstead#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in Halstead 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/halstead#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 79.3%** (January 2026). In Halstead, 79.3% 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/halstead#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63004016) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in Halstead 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=E63004016) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 243 homes were sold in Halstead in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63004016) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Halstead. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63004016) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Halstead had 13,902 usual residents at the census. ## How Halstead compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Halstead | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £325,000 | joint 51st cheapest | 130 towns, East of England · 2025 | | Population | 13,902 | 51st least 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 | 79.3% | 15th lowest | 130 towns, East of England · Jan 2026 | ## Is Halstead safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Halstead at a rate of 61.5 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, 104 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Halstead. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (395), other crime (163) and shoplifting (92). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Halstead was 69.1 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 Halstead, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Halstead has no single figure. Of its 8 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods - Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Halstead | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Braintree 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/braintree/neighbourhood/e01021382) | 1,944 | 25.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 80.2% | | [Braintree 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/braintree/neighbourhood/e01021387) | 2,120 | 109.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 68.7% | | [Braintree 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/braintree/neighbourhood/e01021388) | 1,780 | 92.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 80.2% | | [Braintree 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/braintree/neighbourhood/e01021391) | 1,676 | 60.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.3% | | [Braintree 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/braintree/neighbourhood/e01021392) | 1,735 | 46.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 63.9% | | [Braintree 004E](https://openindex.co.uk/braintree/neighbourhood/e01021393) | 1,574 | 66.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 86.1% | | [Braintree 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/braintree/neighbourhood/e01021389) | 2,165 | 40.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 67.2% | | [Braintree 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/braintree/neighbourhood/e01021390) | 1,859 | 31.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.0% | ## Your MP - [Braintree](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/braintree): Sir James Cleverly (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 [Braintree](https://openindex.co.uk/braintree) ## Postcode districts covering Halstead [CO9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/co9) ## Middle areas in Halstead [Halstead Central & West](https://openindex.co.uk/braintree/halstead-central-and-west) ## Towns near Halstead [Braintree](https://openindex.co.uk/town/braintree), [Great Notley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/great-notley), [Sudbury](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sudbury), [Witham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/witham), [Colchester](https://openindex.co.uk/town/colchester), [Tiptree](https://openindex.co.uk/town/tiptree) ## Halstead in brief Halstead is a town in Braintree, East of England. About 14,807 people lived in Halstead in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £325,000 in 2025 across 243 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 61.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Halstead was £325,000 in 2025. Halstead had 13,902 usual residents at the census. About 0% of people in Halstead live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Halstead, 79.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63004016 - Constituency: [Braintree †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/braintree) - Council: [Braintree †](https://openindex.co.uk/braintree) - Region: [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/east-of-england) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 3.36 km² - People, mid-2024: 14,807* - Neighbourhoods: 8 - Output areas: 44 * 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 [Braintree](https://openindex.co.uk/town/braintree), [Great Notley](https://openindex.co.uk/town/great-notley), [Sudbury](https://openindex.co.uk/town/sudbury), [Witham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/witham), [Colchester](https://openindex.co.uk/town/colchester), [Tiptree](https://openindex.co.uk/town/tiptree) ## Latest updates for Halstead - 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/E63004016 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/halstead, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/halstead#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/). 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