Basildon
Basildon is covered by postcode districts CM11, CM12, CM13, RM14, SS12, SS13 and 4 more. It is mostly in the Basildon council area: 2,443 of its 2,458 postcodes. The others are in Thurrock. 2,443 are in Essex. ONS lists no county for the other 15.
Every postcode in Basildon, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 8
- At medium risk at worst: 3
- At low risk at worst: 25
- At very low risk only: 0
- Not on the at-risk list: 2,422
Of the 2,458 postcodes in Basildon that ONS places, 8 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 25 are at low risk at worst and 2,422 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.5728, longitude 0.4627. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The postcodes at high risk
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
What is it like to live in Basildon?
Homes sold for a typical £328,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 0.9% on the 12 months before. At 1,887 of the 2,386 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 39 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 36 of its 2,458 postcodes. It has 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes, or more. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Basildon, 650 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Basildon?
Homes in Basildon sold for a typical £328,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 1,106 sales, up 0.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- 12 months to August 2025
- £325,000
- 12 months to August 2026
- £328,000
▲ up 0.9% on the 12 months before
Across the whole SS14 district, Basildon's main postcode district: a typical £325,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Basildon: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Basildon?
67 of the 2,458 postcodes now in use in Basildon came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 39 of the 1,354 homes sold in Basildon were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SS14 district, 5%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Basildon | Across the SS14 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 4 of 1,106 (Under 1%) | 2 of 248 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 39 of 1,354 (3%) | 16 of 332 (5%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Basildon?
Ofcom reports on 2,386 of the 2,458 postcodes in Basildon. At 1,887 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Basildon at risk of flooding?
36 of the 2,458 postcodes in Basildon have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 39 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Basildon?
The open schools at the postcodes in Basildon (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Ghyllgrove Primary School400 m 630 pupils, 630 places
- Fairhouse Community Primary School850 m 396 pupils, 420 places
- The Bridge Pioneer850 m 201 pupils, 170 places
- Kingswood Primary School and Nursery850 m 444 pupils, 420 places
- The Willows Primary School1.0 km 651 pupils, 525 places
- Cherry Tree Primary School1.1 km 384 pupils, 420 places
- St Anne Line Catholic Infant School1.1 km 176 pupils, 180 places
- St Anne Line Catholic Junior School1.1 km 250 pupils, 256 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Basildon?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Basildon is Basildon Rail Station, 650 m away in a straight line.
- Basildon Rail Station Railway station 650 mWalk
- Laindon Rail Station Railway station 2.7 kmCycle
- Pitsea Rail Station Railway station 3.3 kmCycle
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Basildon?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Basildon, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Aegis Medical Centre500 m
- Dr Gc Chajed's Practice950 m
- Knights Surgery1.2 km
- Ballards Walk Surgery1.4 km
- Clayhill Medical Practice1.5 km
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Basildon safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 4,957 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Basildon over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 352 September 2025
- 466 October 2025
- 369 November 2025
- 405 December 2025
- 363 January 2026
- 343 February 2026
- 420 March 2026
- 416 April 2026
- 415 May 2026
- 424 June 2026
- 483 July 2026
- 501 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: burglary 131, other crime 104, possession of weapons 64, robbery 62, bicycle theft 51, theft from the person 41.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Basildon?
- Councils
- Basildon (2,443) and Thurrock (15)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Basildon and Billericay (1,504), South Basildon and East Thurrock (945), Castle Point (8) and 1 other
- Police force area
- Essex
- Region
- East of England
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Basildon
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell the council about council tax Councils A to Z
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Basildon
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Basildon postcodes
2,458 postcodes in use in Basildon, by district:
Those districts are in the SS postcode area, CM postcode area and RM postcode area.
Check a Basildon postcode
Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Basildon
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Basildon's £328,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Basildon
- What is it like to live in Basildon?
- Homes sold for a typical £328,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 0.9% on the 12 months before. At 1,887 of the 2,386 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 39 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 36 of its 2,458 postcodes. It has 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes, or more. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Basildon, 650 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Basildon?
- Basildon is covered by postcode districts CM11, CM12, CM13, RM14, SS12, SS13 and 4 more, across 2,458 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Basildon?
- Homes in Basildon sold for a typical £328,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 1,106 sales, up 0.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Basildon?
- In Basildon, primary schools at its postcodes include Ghyllgrove Primary School, Fairhouse Community Primary School and The Bridge Pioneer; secondary schools at its postcodes include De La Salle School, The Bridge Pioneer and Harris Academy Kingswood. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Basildon have a railway station?
- Yes: Basildon is 650 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Basildon, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Basildon?
- Ofcom reports on 2,386 of the 2,458 postcodes in Basildon. At 1,887 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Basildon at risk of flooding?
- 36 of the 2,458 postcodes in Basildon have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 39 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Basildon?
- 67 of the 2,458 postcodes now in use in Basildon came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 39 of the 1,354 homes sold in Basildon were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SS14 district, 5%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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