# Rayleigh

Town in Rochford, East of England.

Rayleigh is a town in Rochford, East of England. Median sale price £425,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 53.6 per 1,000 people. About 33,597 people.

Town. Code E63004759. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Rochford](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford)

Rayleigh is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Rayleigh 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: £425,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Rayleigh was £425,000 in 2025. Joint 154th 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/rayleigh#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 32,383** (2021). Rayleigh had 32,383 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 347th 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/rayleigh#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in Rayleigh 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/rayleigh#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 83.9%** (January 2026). In Rayleigh, 83.9% 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/rayleigh#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63004759) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in Rayleigh 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=E63004759) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 562 homes were sold in Rayleigh in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63004759) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Rayleigh.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63004759) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Rayleigh had 32,383 usual residents at the census.

## How Rayleigh compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Rayleigh | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £425,000 | joint 35th most expensive | 130 towns, East of England · 2025 |
| Population | 32,383 | 38th 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 | 83.9% | 25th lowest | 130 towns, East of England · Jan 2026 |

## Is Rayleigh safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Rayleigh at a rate of 53.6 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, 162 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Rayleigh.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (779), other crime (261) and anti-social behaviour (227).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Rayleigh was 48.9 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 Rayleigh, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Rayleigh has no single figure. Of its 20 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 7 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in Rayleigh

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Rochford 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford/neighbourhood/e01021918) | 1,484 | 23.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.1% |
| [Rochford 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford/neighbourhood/e01021919) | 1,342 | 28.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 81.6% |
| [Rochford 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford/neighbourhood/e01021925) | 1,667 | 41.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 84.7% |
| [Rochford 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford/neighbourhood/e01021960) | 2,039 | 24.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.4% |
| [Rochford 005E](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford/neighbourhood/e01021961) | 1,593 | 35.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.1% |
| [Rochford 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford/neighbourhood/e01021920) | 2,193 | 84.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 75.6% |
| [Rochford 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford/neighbourhood/e01021926) | 2,087 | 43.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.1% |
| [Rochford 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford/neighbourhood/e01021957) | 1,710 | 47.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 24.1% |
| [Rochford 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford/neighbourhood/e01021958) | 1,229 | 61.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 78.6% |
| [Rochford 006E](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford/neighbourhood/e01021959) | 1,642 | 53.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 87.8% |
| [Rochford 008A](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford/neighbourhood/e01021950) | 1,445 | 44.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.9% |
| [Rochford 008B](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford/neighbourhood/e01021951) | 1,273 | 22.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.6% |
| [Rochford 008C](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford/neighbourhood/e01021962) | 1,238 | 239.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 74.2% |
| [Rochford 008D](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford/neighbourhood/e01021963) | 1,374 | 37.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.7% |
| [Rochford 008E](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford/neighbourhood/e01021964) | 1,611 | 61.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.7% |
| [Rochford 008F](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford/neighbourhood/e01021966) | 1,750 | 124.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 82.3% |
| [Rochford 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford/neighbourhood/e01021947) | 1,232 | 34.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 75.1% |
| [Rochford 009C](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford/neighbourhood/e01021948) | 1,283 | 10.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 78.9% |
| [Rochford 009D](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford/neighbourhood/e01021949) | 1,477 | 22.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 90.1% |
| [Rochford 009E](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford/neighbourhood/e01021965) | 2,340 | 46.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 88.3% |

## 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 Rayleigh

[SS6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss6)

## Middle areas in Rayleigh

[Rayleigh North East](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford/rayleigh-north-east), [Rayleigh North West](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford/rayleigh-north-west), [Rayleigh South East](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford/rayleigh-south-east), [Rayleigh South West](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford/rayleigh-south-west)

## Towns near Rayleigh

[Thundersley and South Benfleet](https://openindex.co.uk/town/thundersley-and-south-benfleet), [Southend-on-Sea](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea), [Hockley and Hawkwell](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hockley-and-hawkwell), [Wickford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wickford), [Basildon](https://openindex.co.uk/town/basildon), [South Woodham Ferrers](https://openindex.co.uk/town/south-woodham-ferrers)

## Rayleigh in brief

Rayleigh is a town in Rochford, East of England.
About 33,597 people lived in Rayleigh in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £425,000 in 2025 across 562 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 53.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Rayleigh was £425,000 in 2025.
Rayleigh had 32,383 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Rayleigh live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Rayleigh, 83.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63004759
- 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: 8.68 km²
- People, mid-2024: 33,597*
- Neighbourhoods: 20
- Output areas: 100

* 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

[Southend-on-Sea](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea), [Thundersley and South Benfleet](https://openindex.co.uk/town/thundersley-and-south-benfleet), [Hockley and Hawkwell](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hockley-and-hawkwell), [Wickford](https://openindex.co.uk/town/wickford), [Basildon](https://openindex.co.uk/town/basildon), [South Woodham Ferrers](https://openindex.co.uk/town/south-woodham-ferrers)

## Latest updates for Rayleigh

- 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/E63004759

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/rayleigh, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/rayleigh#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, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23508848. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/rayleigh