# Runwell

Town in Chelmsford and Basildon, East of England.

Runwell is a town in Chelmsford and Basildon, East of England. Median sale price £425,000 in 2025. Recorded crime 76.4 per 1,000 people. About 8,642 people.

Town. Code E63004703. In: [Towns](https://openindex.co.uk/places/towns) › [Chelmsford](https://openindex.co.uk/chelmsford)

Runwell is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for Runwell 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 Runwell 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/runwell#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 8,086** (2021). Runwell had 8,086 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 67th 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/runwell#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in Runwell 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/runwell#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 96.2%** (January 2026). In Runwell, 96.2% 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/runwell#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=E63004703) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in Runwell 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=E63004703) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 157 homes were sold in Runwell in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=E63004703) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for Runwell.
- [Population by town](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=E63004703) (Census 2021, England and Wales): Runwell had 8,086 usual residents at the census.

## How Runwell compares

Each town against every other town the measure covers.

| Measure | Runwell | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £425,000 | joint 35th most expensive | 130 towns, East of England · 2025 |
| Population | 8,086 | 10th 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 | 96.2% | joint 22nd highest | 130 towns, East of England · Jan 2026 |

## Is Runwell safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Runwell at a rate of 76.4 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, 74 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Runwell.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (278), other crime (109) and anti-social behaviour (94).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in Runwell was 64.5 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 Runwell, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so Runwell has no single figure. Of its 5 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood

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

## Neighbourhoods in Runwell

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Basildon 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021334) | 1,711 | 115.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.8% |
| [Basildon 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/neighbourhood/e01021338) | 2,132 | 84.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.1% |
| [Chelmsford 021A](https://openindex.co.uk/chelmsford/neighbourhood/e01021593) | 1,627 | 35.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.4% |
| [Chelmsford 021C](https://openindex.co.uk/chelmsford/neighbourhood/e01021595) | 1,837 | 63.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 84.1% |
| [Chelmsford 021E](https://openindex.co.uk/chelmsford/neighbourhood/e01034088) | 1,651 | 101.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 87.1% |

## 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.

## Councils Runwell sits in

[Chelmsford](https://openindex.co.uk/chelmsford), [Basildon](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon)

## Postcode districts covering Runwell

[SS11](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss11)

## Middle areas in Runwell

[Rettendon & Runwell](https://openindex.co.uk/chelmsford/rettendon-and-runwell), [Wickford North East](https://openindex.co.uk/basildon/wickford-north-east)

## Towns near Runwell

[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](https://openindex.co.uk/town/rayleigh), [Billericay](https://openindex.co.uk/town/billericay), [Thundersley and South Benfleet](https://openindex.co.uk/town/thundersley-and-south-benfleet)

## Runwell in brief

Runwell is a town in Chelmsford and Basildon, East of England.
About 8,642 people lived in Runwell 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 157 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 76.4 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in Runwell was £425,000 in 2025.
Runwell had 8,086 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Runwell live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Runwell, 96.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Town
- Code: E63004703
- Constituency: [Maldon †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/maldon)
- Council: [Chelmsford †](https://openindex.co.uk/chelmsford)
- Region: [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/east-of-england)
- Nation: [England](https://openindex.co.uk/england)
- Area: 2.38 km²
- People, mid-2024: 8,642*
- Neighbourhoods: 5
- Output areas: 24

* 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

[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](https://openindex.co.uk/town/rayleigh), [Billericay](https://openindex.co.uk/town/billericay), [Thundersley and South Benfleet](https://openindex.co.uk/town/thundersley-and-south-benfleet)

## Latest updates for Runwell

- 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/E63004703

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/town/runwell, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/town/runwell#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/town/runwell