# Rochford Town in Rochford, East of England. Rochford is a town in Rochford, East of England. Median sale price £368,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 86.7 per 1,000 people. About 13,534 people. Town. Code E63004763. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Rochford](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford) Rochford is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Rochford 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: £368,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Rochford was £368,000 in 2025. 241st 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/rochford#f-house-sales-median-price - **Population: 12,617** (2021). Rochford had 12,617 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 383rd 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/rochford#f-population - **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in Rochford 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/rochford#f-radon-affected-share - **Gigabit broadband coverage: 97.1%** (January 2026). In Rochford, 97.1% 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/rochford#f-gigabit-coverage ## On the map - [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63004763) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in Rochford 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=E63004763) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 258 homes were sold in Rochford in 2025. - [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63004763) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Rochford. - [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63004763) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Rochford had 12,617 usual residents at the census. ## How Rochford compares Each town against every other town the measure covers. | Measure | Rochford | Rank | Compared with | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Median sale price | £368,000 | 54th most expensive | 130 towns, East of England · 2025 | | Population | 12,617 | 46th 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 | 97.1% | joint 11th highest | 130 towns, East of England · Jan 2026 | ## Is Rochford safe? What police records show In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Rochford at a rate of 86.7 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, 100 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Rochford. In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (564), other crime (193) and anti-social behaviour (118). A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Rochford was 79.8 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 Rochford, neighbourhood by neighbourhood - Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Rochford has no single figure. Of its 8 neighbourhoods with a rank: - Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood - Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods - Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood - Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England. ## Neighbourhoods in Rochford | Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Rochford 002E](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford/neighbourhood/e01021931) | 1,585 | 39.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.5% | | [Rochford 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford/neighbourhood/e01021953) | 1,340 | 145.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.0% | | [Rochford 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford/neighbourhood/e01021955) | 1,743 | 115.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.4% | | [Rochford 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford/neighbourhood/e01021930) | 1,316 | 56.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% | | [Rochford 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford/neighbourhood/e01021932) | 1,537 | 33.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.9% | | [Rochford 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford/neighbourhood/e01021952) | 1,474 | 34.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.6% | | [Rochford 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford/neighbourhood/e01021954) | 2,841 | 92.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.5% | | [Rochford 007E](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford/neighbourhood/e01021956) | 1,482 | 162.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 91.4% | ## Your MP - [Southend East and Rochford](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/southend-east-and-rochford): Mr Bayo Alaba (Independent), 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 Rochford [SS4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss4) ## Middle areas in Rochford [Rochford Outer & Hawkwell East](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford/rochford-outer-and-hawkwell-east) ## Towns near Rochford [Southend-on-Sea](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea), [Hockley and Hawkwell](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hockley-and-hawkwell), [Rayleigh](https://openindex.co.uk/town/rayleigh), [Thundersley and South Benfleet](https://openindex.co.uk/town/thundersley-and-south-benfleet), [South Woodham Ferrers](https://openindex.co.uk/town/south-woodham-ferrers), [Burnham-on-Crouch](https://openindex.co.uk/town/burnham-on-crouch) ## Rochford in brief Rochford is a town in Rochford, East of England. About 13,534 people lived in Rochford in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £368,000 in 2025 across 258 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 86.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk). The median price paid for a home in Rochford was £368,000 in 2025. Rochford had 12,617 usual residents at the census. About 0% of people in Rochford live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. In Rochford, 97.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026. ## About - Type: Town - Code: E63004763 - Constituency: [Southend East and Rochford †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/southend-east-and-rochford) - 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: 3.28 km² - People, mid-2024: 13,534* - Neighbourhoods: 8 - Output areas: 43 * 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), [Hockley and Hawkwell](https://openindex.co.uk/town/hockley-and-hawkwell), [Rayleigh](https://openindex.co.uk/town/rayleigh), [Thundersley and South Benfleet](https://openindex.co.uk/town/thundersley-and-south-benfleet), [South Woodham Ferrers](https://openindex.co.uk/town/south-woodham-ferrers), [Burnham-on-Crouch](https://openindex.co.uk/town/burnham-on-crouch) ## Latest updates for Rochford - 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/E63004763 ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/rochford, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/rochford#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/rochford