Runwell

Runwell is covered by postcode districts SS11 and SS12. It is mostly in the Basildon council area: 97 of its 191 postcodes. The others are in Chelmsford.

Typical price £392,500 Homes sold in Runwell, last 12 months. ▼ 3.1% on the year before Gigabit broadband 142 of 175 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 23 of 191 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 4 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 3 2 primary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Runwell, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Runwell, by flood risk Of the 191 postcodes in Runwell that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 18 are at low risk at worst, 2 are at very low risk only and 168 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Runwell. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A129 SS11 7AE: not on the flood risk listSS11 7AF: not on the flood risk listSS11 7AG: not on the flood risk listSS11 7AH: not on the flood risk listSS11 7AP: not on the flood risk listSS11 7AR: not on the flood risk listSS11 7AS: not on the flood risk listSS11 7AT: not on the flood risk listSS11 7AY: not on the flood risk listSS11 7AZ: not on the flood risk listSS11 7BA: not on the flood risk listSS11 7BB: not on the flood risk listSS11 7BD: not on the flood risk listSS11 7BE: not on the flood risk listSS11 7BF: not on the flood risk listSS11 7BG: not on the flood risk listSS11 7BH: not on the flood risk listSS11 7BJ: not on the flood risk listSS11 7BL: not on the flood risk listSS11 7BN: not on the flood risk listSS11 7BP: not on the flood risk listSS11 7BQ: not on the flood risk listSS11 7BS: not on the flood risk listSS11 7BT: not on the flood risk listSS11 7BW: not on the flood risk listSS11 7BY: not on the flood risk listSS11 7DA: not on the flood risk listSS11 7DB: not on the flood risk listSS11 7DD: not on the flood risk listSS11 7DE: not on the flood risk listSS11 7DF: not on the flood risk listSS11 7DG: not on the flood risk listSS11 7DH: not on the flood risk listSS11 7DJ: not on the flood risk listSS11 7DN: not on the flood risk listSS11 7DP: not on the flood risk listSS11 7DQ: not on the flood risk listSS11 7DR: not on the flood risk listSS11 7DS: not on the flood risk listSS11 7DT: not on the flood risk listSS11 7DW: not on the flood risk listSS11 7DX: not on the flood risk listSS11 7DY: not on the flood risk listSS11 7EE: not on the flood risk listSS11 7EF: not on the flood risk listSS11 7EG: not on the flood risk listSS11 7EH: not on the flood risk listSS11 7EJ: not on the flood risk listSS11 7EL: not on the flood risk listSS11 7EN: not on the flood risk listSS11 7EP: not on the flood risk listSS11 7EQ: not on the flood risk listSS11 7ES: not on the flood risk listSS11 7ET: not on the flood risk listSS11 7EU: not on the flood risk listSS11 7EW: not on the flood risk listSS11 7EX: not on the flood risk listSS11 7EY: not on the flood risk listSS11 7EZ: not on the flood risk listSS11 7FE: not on the flood risk listSS11 7FF: not on the flood risk listSS11 7FG: not on the flood risk listSS11 7FL: not on the flood risk listSS11 7FN: not on the flood risk listSS11 7FP: not on the flood risk listSS11 7FQ: not on the flood risk listSS11 7FR: not on the flood risk listSS11 7FS: not on the flood risk listSS11 7FT: not on the flood risk listSS11 7FU: not on the flood risk listSS11 7FW: not on the flood risk listSS11 7FX: not on the flood risk listSS11 7FY: not on the flood risk listSS11 7FZ: not on the flood risk listSS11 7GD: not on the flood risk listSS11 7GE: not on the flood risk listSS11 7GF: not on the flood risk listSS11 7GU: not on the flood risk listSS11 7GW: not on the flood risk listSS11 7GY: not on the flood risk listSS11 7GZ: not on the flood risk listSS11 7HA: not on the flood risk listSS11 7HB: not on the flood risk listSS11 7HD: not on the flood risk listSS11 7HE: not on the flood risk listSS11 7HF: not on the flood risk listSS11 7HS: not on the flood risk listSS11 7HT: not on the flood risk listSS11 7HU: not on the flood risk listSS11 7HX: not on the flood risk listSS11 7HY: not on the flood risk listSS11 7HZ: not on the flood risk listSS11 7JA: not on the flood risk listSS11 7JB: not on the flood risk listSS11 7JD: not on the flood risk listSS11 7JE: not on the flood risk listSS11 7JF: not on the flood risk listSS11 7JG: not on the flood risk listSS11 7JH: not on the flood risk listSS11 7JJ: not on the flood risk listSS11 7JL: not on the flood risk listSS11 7JN: not on the flood risk listSS11 7JP: not on the flood risk listSS11 7JQ: not on the flood risk listSS11 7JR: not on the flood risk listSS11 7JS: not on the flood risk listSS11 7JT: not on the flood risk listSS11 7JU: not on the flood risk listSS11 7JW: not on the flood risk listSS11 7JX: not on the flood risk listSS11 7JY: not on the flood risk listSS11 7JZ: not on the flood risk listSS11 7LA: not on the flood risk listSS11 7LB: not on the flood risk listSS11 7LD: not on the flood risk listSS11 7LE: not on the flood risk listSS11 7LF: not on the flood risk listSS11 7LG: not on the flood risk listSS11 7LH: not on the flood risk listSS11 7LJ: not on the flood risk listSS11 7LL: not on the flood risk listSS11 7LN: not on the flood risk listSS11 7LP: not on the flood risk listSS11 7LQ: not on the flood risk listSS11 7LR: not on the flood risk listSS11 7LS: not on the flood risk listSS11 7LT: not on the flood risk listSS11 7LW: not on the flood risk listSS11 7LX: not on the flood risk listSS11 7LY: not on the flood risk listSS11 7LZ: not on the flood risk listSS11 7NA: not on the flood risk listSS11 7NB: not on the flood risk listSS11 7ND: not on the flood risk listSS11 7NE: not on the flood risk listSS11 7NF: not on the flood risk listSS11 7NG: not on the flood risk listSS11 7NL: not on the flood risk listSS11 7NN: not on the flood risk listSS11 7NP: not on the flood risk listSS11 7NR: not on the flood risk listSS11 7NS: not on the flood risk listSS11 7NT: not on the flood risk listSS11 7NU: not on the flood risk listSS11 7NW: not on the flood risk listSS11 7NX: not on the flood risk listSS11 7NY: not on the flood risk listSS11 7PH: not on the flood risk listSS11 7PQ: not on the flood risk listSS11 7PX: not on the flood risk listSS11 7PY: not on the flood risk listSS11 7XX: not on the flood risk listSS11 8AW: not on the flood risk listSS11 7HN: very low flood risk onlySS11 7HP: very low flood risk onlySS11 7AA: low flood risk at worstSS11 7AB: low flood risk at worstSS11 7AD: low flood risk at worstSS11 7AJ: low flood risk at worstSS11 7AN: low flood risk at worstSS11 7BZ: low flood risk at worstSS11 7DL: low flood risk at worstSS11 7HG: low flood risk at worstSS11 7HJ: low flood risk at worstSS11 7HL: low flood risk at worstSS11 7HR: low flood risk at worstSS11 7PN: low flood risk at worstSS11 8AA: low flood risk at worstSS11 8AB: low flood risk at worstSS11 8BB: low flood risk at worstSS11 8BD: low flood risk at worstSS11 8GD: low flood risk at worstSS11 7HQ: high flood riskSS11 7HW: high flood riskSS11 7NJ: high flood risk Runwell Map of every postcode in Runwell, by flood risk Of the 191 postcodes in Runwell that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 18 are at low risk at worst, 2 are at very low risk only and 168 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Runwell. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Runwell
  • A home or business at high risk: 3
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 18
  • At very low risk only: 2
  • Not on the at-risk list: 168

Of the 191 postcodes in Runwell that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 18 are at low risk at worst, 2 are at very low risk only and 168 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 51.6226, longitude 0.5252. 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.

SS11 7HQ2 at high riskSS11 7HW1 at high riskSS11 7NJ1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Runwell?

Homes sold for a typical £392,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3.1% on the 12 months before. At 142 of the 175 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 4 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 23 of its 191 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Swanwood Partnership, 1.1 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Wickford, 950 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 Runwell?

Homes in Runwell sold for a typical £392,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 90 sales, down 3.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£392,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£405,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 3.1% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £600,000 29 sales
  • Semi-detached £397,500 30 sales
  • Terraced £339,000 13 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £209,250 18 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole SS11 district, Runwell's main postcode district: a typical £405,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Runwell: 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 Runwell?

21 of the 191 postcodes now in use in Runwell came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 5 of the 175 homes sold in Runwell were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SS11 district, 3%.

The newest postcodes

SS11 9AGsince August 2025SS11 7PQsince July 2025SS11 9FWsince July 2025SS11 9FUsince February 2025SS11 9DHsince November 2024SS11 9FEsince November 2024

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

PeriodIn RunwellAcross the SS11 district
The 12 months to August 2026 1 of 90 (1%) 1 of 220 (Under 1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 5 of 175 (3%) 12 of 358 (3%)

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 Runwell?

Ofcom reports on 175 of the 191 postcodes in Runwell. At 142 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit142 of 175
Postcodes where every home can get superfast168 of 175

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 checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Runwell at risk of flooding?

23 of the 191 postcodes in Runwell 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 4 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 23 of 191 postcodes High: 4Low: 148Very low: 12

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 Runwell?

The open schools at the postcodes in Runwell. 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

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

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 Runwell?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Runwell is Wickford Rail Station, 950 m away in a straight line.

  • Wickford Rail Station Railway station 950 mWalk
  • Battlesbridge Rail Station Railway station 2.8 kmCycle
  • South Woodham Ferrers Rail Station Railway station 6.4 kmDrive

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 Runwell?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Runwell. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Runwell safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 1,426 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Runwell 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

  1. 82 September 2025
  2. 128 October 2025
  3. 114 November 2025
  4. 126 December 2025
  5. 111 January 2026
  6. 83 February 2026
  7. 142 March 2026
  8. 120 April 2026
  9. 135 May 2026
  10. 122 June 2026
  11. 121 July 2026
  12. 142 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences517 reports
Anti-social behaviour327 reports
Criminal damage and arson141 reports
Public order101 reports
Other theft78 reports
Vehicle crime64 reports
Burglary56 reports
Drugs38 reports

Also: shoplifting 34, possession of weapons 24, other crime 18, bicycle theft 13, robbery 8, theft from the person 7.

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 postcode

Source: 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 Runwell?

Councils
Basildon (97) and Chelmsford (94)
County council
Essex
Parliamentary constituencies
Rayleigh and Wickford (97) and Maldon (94)
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 Runwell

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Runwell is in Basildon; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.

Who to tell when moving house: the full list Moving house checklist

Runwell postcodes

191 postcodes in use in Runwell, by district:

SS11 postcode district,189 postcodesSS12 postcode district,2 postcodes

Those districts are all in the SS postcode area.

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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 Runwell

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Runwell's £392,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Wickford1.6 km, £387,500North Benfleet5.2 km, £547,500Hullbridge6.1 km, £385,000South Woodham Ferrers6.5 km, £375,000Rayleigh6.8 km, £417,500Basildon7.0 km, £328,000Stock7.0 km, £910,000Billericay7.1 km, £467,750 All places A to Z

Questions about Runwell

What is it like to live in Runwell?
Homes sold for a typical £392,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 3.1% on the 12 months before. At 142 of the 175 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 4 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 23 of its 191 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Swanwood Partnership, 1.1 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Wickford, 950 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 Runwell?
Runwell is covered by postcode districts SS11 and SS12, across 191 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Runwell?
Homes in Runwell sold for a typical £392,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 90 sales, down 3.1% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Runwell?
In Runwell, primary schools at its postcodes include Runwell Community Primary School, Children's Support Service and St Luke's Park Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Children's Support Service. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Runwell have a railway station?
Yes: Wickford is 950 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Runwell, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Runwell?
Ofcom reports on 175 of the 191 postcodes in Runwell. At 142 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Runwell at risk of flooding?
23 of the 191 postcodes in Runwell 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 4 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 Runwell?
21 of the 191 postcodes now in use in Runwell came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 5 of the 175 homes sold in Runwell were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SS11 district, 3%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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