# Hockley and Hawkwell Town in Rochford, East of England. Hockley and Hawkwell is a town in Rochford, East of England. Median sale price £450,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 31.8 per 1,000 people. About 15,967 people. Town. Code E63004736. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Rochford](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford) Hockley and Hawkwell is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Hockley and Hawkwell 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: £450,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Hockley and Hawkwell was £450,000 in 2025. Joint 116th 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/hockley-and-hawkwell#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 15,430** (2021). Hockley and Hawkwell had 15,430 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 529th 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/hockley-and-hawkwell#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in Hockley and Hawkwell 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/hockley-and-hawkwell#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 94.7%** (January 2026). In Hockley and Hawkwell, 94.7% 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/hockley-and-hawkwell#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63004736) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in Hockley and Hawkwell 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=E63004736) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 267 homes were sold in Hockley and Hawkwell in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63004736) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Hockley and Hawkwell. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63004736) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Hockley and Hawkwell had 15,430 usual residents at the census. ## How Hockley and Hawkwell compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Hockley and Hawkwell | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £450,000 | joint 19th most expensive | 130 towns, East of England · 2025 | | Population | 15,430 | 55th 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 | 94.7% | joint 38th highest | 130 towns, East of England · Jan 2026 | ## Is Hockley and Hawkwell safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Hockley and Hawkwell at a rate of 31.8 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, 58 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Hockley and Hawkwell. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (195), anti-social behaviour (93) and other crime (77). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Hockley and Hawkwell was 29.9 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 Hockley and Hawkwell, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Hockley and Hawkwell has no single figure. Of its 9 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 6 neighbourhoods Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Hockley and Hawkwell | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Rochford 011A](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford/neighbourhood/e01021940) | 1,994 | 24.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.3% | | [Rochford 011B](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford/neighbourhood/e01021938) | 1,520 | 23.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.7% | | [Rochford 011C](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford/neighbourhood/e01021941) | 2,316 | 29.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 92.6% | | [Rochford 011D](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford/neighbourhood/e01021939) | 1,677 | 11.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.3% | | [Rochford 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford/neighbourhood/e01021937) | 1,580 | 63.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.5% | | [Rochford 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford/neighbourhood/e01021936) | 1,663 | 31.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.8% | | [Rochford 012C](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford/neighbourhood/e01021935) | 1,311 | 33.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% | | [Rochford 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford/neighbourhood/e01021934) | 1,364 | 42.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.4% | | [Rochford 012E](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford/neighbourhood/e01021933) | 2,002 | 33.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.3% | ## Your MP - [Rayleigh and Wickford](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/rayleigh-and-wickford): Mr Mark Francois (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 [Rochford](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford) ## Postcode districts covering Hockley and Hawkwell [SS5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss5) ## Middle areas in Hockley and Hawkwell [Hockley North & West](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford/hockley-north-and-west), [Hockley South & Hawkwell West](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford/hockley-south-and-hawkwell-west) ## Towns near Hockley and Hawkwell [Rayleigh](https://openindex.co.uk/town/rayleigh), [Rochford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/rochford), [Southend-on-Sea](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea), [South Woodham Ferrers](https://openindex.co.uk/town/south-woodham-ferrers), [Thundersley and South Benfleet](https://openindex.co.uk/town/thundersley-and-south-benfleet), [Wickford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wickford) ## Hockley and Hawkwell in brief Hockley and Hawkwell is a town in Rochford, East of England. About 15,967 people lived in Hockley and Hawkwell in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £450,000 in 2025 across 267 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 31.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Hockley and Hawkwell was £450,000 in 2025. Hockley and Hawkwell had 15,430 usual residents at the census. About 0% of people in Hockley and Hawkwell live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Hockley and Hawkwell, 94.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63004736 - Constituency: [Rayleigh and Wickford †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/rayleigh-and-wickford) - Council: [Rochford †](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford) - Region: [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/east-of-england) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 4.70 km² - People, mid-2024: 15,967* - Neighbourhoods: 9 - Output areas: 48 * 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 [Rayleigh](https://openindex.co.uk/town/rayleigh), [Rochford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/rochford), [Southend-on-Sea](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea), [South Woodham Ferrers](https://openindex.co.uk/town/south-woodham-ferrers), [Thundersley and South Benfleet](https://openindex.co.uk/town/thundersley-and-south-benfleet), [Wickford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wickford) ## Latest updates for Hockley and Hawkwell - 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/E63004736 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. 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