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.
Every postcode in Runwell, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 21
- In use before 2020: 170
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 191 postcodes in Runwell that ONS places, 21 are new since 2020 and 170 were in use before 2020.
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. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 160 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and 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; when each came into use: the same directory; 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 5 newest postcodes
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.
- 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
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 Runwell | Across 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.
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 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.
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
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.
- Swanwood Partnership Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2024 · Phone 01268 562444 1.1 kmWalk
- London Road Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report October 2021, over 3 years old · Phone 01268 765533 1.2 kmWalk
- Robert Frew Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01268 209229 2.4 kmCycle
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
- 82 September 2025
- 128 October 2025
- 114 November 2025
- 126 December 2025
- 111 January 2026
- 83 February 2026
- 142 March 2026
- 120 April 2026
- 135 May 2026
- 122 June 2026
- 121 July 2026
- 142 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
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 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 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.
- Tell Basildon about council tax Council tax, on basildon.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The nearest GP practices
- 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
Runwell postcodes
191 postcodes in use in Runwell, by district:
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.
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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