South Woodham Ferrers
TownTown in Chelmsford, East of England.
South Woodham Ferrers is an ONS built-up area: the land built up as one town, whatever council it is in. Figures for South Woodham Ferrers 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.
Radon Affected Area by town
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in South Woodham Ferrers live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How South Woodham Ferrers compares
Each dot is a town. The black line marks the middle one.
Is South Woodham Ferrers safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in South Woodham Ferrers at a rate of 50.7 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, 81 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in South Woodham Ferrers.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (321), shoplifting (164) and other crime (112).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in South Woodham Ferrers was 36.4 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 South Woodham Ferrers, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so South Woodham Ferrers has no single figure. Of its 11 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in South Woodham Ferrers
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chelmsford 019A | 1,406 | 27.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 75.1% |
| Chelmsford 019B | 1,457 | 26.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 94.3% |
| Chelmsford 019C | 1,866 | 125.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 73.9% |
| Chelmsford 019D | 1,767 | 141.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 85.0% |
| Chelmsford 019E | 1,521 | 25.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.4% |
| Chelmsford 020A | 1,177 | 15.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.4% |
| Chelmsford 020B | 1,620 | 40.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 98.6% |
| Chelmsford 020C | 1,469 | 29.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 94.9% |
| Chelmsford 020D | 1,129 | 31.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 75.1% |
| Chelmsford 020E | 1,352 | 12.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.7% |
| Chelmsford 020F | 1,262 | 30.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 92.8% |
Your MP
- Sir John WhittingdaleConservativeMP for Maldon
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Council1
Postcode districts covering South Woodham Ferrers1
Middle areas in South Woodham Ferrers2
Towns near South Woodham Ferrers6
South Woodham Ferrers in brief
South Woodham Ferrers is a town in Chelmsford, East of England.
About 15,870 people lived in South Woodham Ferrers in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £368,500 in 2025 across 252 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 50.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in South Woodham Ferrers was £368,500 in 2025.
South Woodham Ferrers had 16,029 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in South Woodham Ferrers live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In South Woodham Ferrers, 88.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.