# Maldon Town in Maldon, East of England. Maldon is a town in Maldon, East of England. Median sale price £365,375 in 2025. Recorded crime 66.5 per 1,000 people. About 24,492 people. Town. Code E63004443. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Maldon](https://openindex.co.uk/maldon) Maldon is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Maldon 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: £365,375** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Maldon was £365,375 in 2025. 245th 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/maldon#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 23,389** (2021). Maldon had 23,389 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 473rd 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/maldon#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in Maldon 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/maldon#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 89.5%** (January 2026). In Maldon, 89.5% 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/maldon#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63004443) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in Maldon 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=E63004443) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 488 homes were sold in Maldon in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63004443) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Maldon. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63004443) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Maldon had 23,389 usual residents at the census. ## How Maldon compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Maldon | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £365,375 | 56th most expensive | 130 towns, East of England · 2025 | | Population | 23,389 | 56th 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 | 89.5% | 46th lowest | 130 towns, East of England · Jan 2026 | ## Is Maldon safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Maldon at a rate of 66.5 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, 182 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Maldon. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (765), other crime (269) and anti-social behaviour (186). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Maldon was 67.7 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 Maldon, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Maldon has no single figure. Of its 14 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods - Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Maldon | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Maldon 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/maldon/neighbourhood/e01021884) | 1,392 | 29.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 74.9% | | [Maldon 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/maldon/neighbourhood/e01021886) | 1,588 | 24.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 65.0% | | [Maldon 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/maldon/neighbourhood/e01021887) | 2,343 | 51.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.6% | | [Maldon 003E](https://openindex.co.uk/maldon/neighbourhood/e01021888) | 2,467 | 89.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 59.5% | | [Maldon 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/maldon/neighbourhood/e01021889) | 2,500 | 79.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.4% | | [Maldon 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/maldon/neighbourhood/e01021890) | 1,809 | 177.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 89.7% | | [Maldon 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/maldon/neighbourhood/e01021891) | 1,518 | 90.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 95.1% | | [Maldon 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/maldon/neighbourhood/e01021892) | 1,082 | 68.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.1% | | [Maldon 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/maldon/neighbourhood/e01021893) | 1,459 | 21.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.7% | | [Maldon 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/maldon/neighbourhood/e01021894) | 1,227 | 51.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% | | [Maldon 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/maldon/neighbourhood/e01021895) | 1,152 | 26.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.1% | | [Maldon 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/maldon/neighbourhood/e01021896) | 1,835 | 83.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.7% | | [Maldon 005E](https://openindex.co.uk/maldon/neighbourhood/e01021897) | 1,083 | 21.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% | | [Maldon 005F](https://openindex.co.uk/maldon/neighbourhood/e01021898) | 1,273 | 42.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.1% | ## Your MP - [Maldon](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/maldon): Sir John Whittingdale (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 [Maldon](https://openindex.co.uk/maldon) ## Postcode districts covering Maldon [CM9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/cm9) ## Middle areas in Maldon [Heybridge](https://openindex.co.uk/maldon/heybridge), [Maldon North](https://openindex.co.uk/maldon/maldon-north), [Maldon South](https://openindex.co.uk/maldon/maldon-south) ## Towns near Maldon [Witham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/witham), [Tiptree](https://openindex.co.uk/town/tiptree), [South Woodham Ferrers](https://openindex.co.uk/town/south-woodham-ferrers), [Chelmsford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chelmsford), [Hockley and Hawkwell](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hockley-and-hawkwell), [Burnham-on-Crouch](https://openindex.co.uk/town/burnham-on-crouch) ## Maldon in brief Maldon is a town in Maldon, East of England. About 24,492 people lived in Maldon in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £365,375 in 2025 across 488 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 66.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Maldon was £365,375 in 2025. Maldon had 23,389 usual residents at the census. About 0% of people in Maldon live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Maldon, 89.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63004443 - Constituency: [Maldon †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/maldon) - Council: [Maldon †](https://openindex.co.uk/maldon) - Region: [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/east-of-england) - Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england) - Area: 6.90 km² - People, mid-2024: 24,492* - Neighbourhoods: 14 - Output areas: 75 * 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 [Witham](https://openindex.co.uk/town/witham), [Tiptree](https://openindex.co.uk/town/tiptree), [South Woodham Ferrers](https://openindex.co.uk/town/south-woodham-ferrers), [Chelmsford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/chelmsford), [Hockley and Hawkwell](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hockley-and-hawkwell), [Burnham-on-Crouch](https://openindex.co.uk/town/burnham-on-crouch) ## Latest updates for Maldon - 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/E63004443 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/maldon, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/maldon#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 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/maldon