Wickford
Wickford is covered by postcode districts CM11, SS11 and SS12. It is mostly in the Basildon council area: 570 of its 574 postcodes. The others are in Chelmsford.
Every postcode in Wickford, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 5
- In use before 2020: 569
Of the 574 postcodes in Wickford that ONS places, 5 are new since 2020 and 569 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. 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 51.6082, longitude 0.5264. 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
What is it like to live in Wickford?
Homes sold for a typical £387,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3.6% on the 12 months before. At 481 of the 573 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 29 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 81 of its 574 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 3 secondary schools at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Wickford, 900 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 Wickford?
Homes in Wickford sold for a typical £387,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 354 sales, up 3.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £517,500 87 sales
- Semi-detached £390,000 172 sales
- Terraced £326,000 71 sales
- Flat or maisonette £207,000 24 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole SS12 district, Wickford's main postcode district: a typical £375,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Wickford: 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 Wickford?
5 of the 574 postcodes now in use in Wickford came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 472 homes sold in Wickford were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SS12 district, 0%.
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 Wickford | Across the SS12 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 354 (0%) | 0 of 246 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 0 of 472 (0%) | 0 of 303 (0%) |
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 Wickford?
Ofcom reports on 573 of the 574 postcodes in Wickford. At 481 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 Wickford at risk of flooding?
81 of the 574 postcodes in Wickford 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 29 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 Wickford?
The open schools at the postcodes in Wickford (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
- North Crescent Primary School450 m 216 pupils, 262 places
- Oakfield Primary School550 m 391 pupils, 420 places
- Wickford Primary School750 m 472 pupils, 564 places
- The Wickford Church of England School750 m 135 pupils, 165 places
- Abacus Primary School1.1 km 413 pupils, 420 places
- Grange Primary School1.1 km 311 pupils, 315 places
- Hilltop Infant School1.2 km 237 pupils, 249 places
- Hilltop Junior School1.2 km 352 pupils, 360 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 Wickford?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Wickford is Wickford Rail Station, 900 m away in a straight line.
- Wickford Rail Station Railway station 900 mWalk
- Battlesbridge Rail Station Railway station 3.3 kmCycle
- Pitsea Rail Station Railway station 5.5 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 Wickford?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Wickford. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- London Road Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report October 2021, over 3 years old · Phone 01268 765533 700 mWalk
- Swanwood Partnership Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2024 · Phone 01268 562444 750 mWalk
- Robert Frew Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01268 209229 950 mWalk
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Wickford safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 2,113 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Wickford 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
- 136 September 2025
- 173 October 2025
- 140 November 2025
- 167 December 2025
- 170 January 2026
- 122 February 2026
- 221 March 2026
- 188 April 2026
- 199 May 2026
- 192 June 2026
- 188 July 2026
- 217 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: drugs 53, other crime 40, possession of weapons 29, bicycle theft 15, theft from the person 9, robbery 9.
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 Wickford?
- Councils
- Basildon (570) and Chelmsford (4)
- County council
- Essex
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Rayleigh and Wickford (548), Basildon and Billericay (22) and Maldon (4)
- 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 Wickford
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Wickford 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 GP practices in Wickford
- 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
Wickford postcodes
574 postcodes in use in Wickford, by district:
Those districts are in the SS postcode area and CM 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 Wickford
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Wickford's £387,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Wickford
- What is it like to live in Wickford?
- Homes sold for a typical £387,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3.6% on the 12 months before. At 481 of the 573 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 29 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 81 of its 574 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 3 secondary schools at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Wickford, 900 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 Wickford?
- Wickford is covered by postcode districts CM11, SS11 and SS12, across 574 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Wickford?
- Homes in Wickford sold for a typical £387,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 354 sales, up 3.6% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Wickford?
- In Wickford, primary schools at its postcodes include North Crescent Primary School, Oakfield Primary School and Wickford Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Harris Academy Wickford, Beauchamps High School and Castledon School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Wickford have a railway station?
- Yes: Wickford is 900 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Wickford, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Wickford?
- Ofcom reports on 573 of the 574 postcodes in Wickford. At 481 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Wickford at risk of flooding?
- 81 of the 574 postcodes in Wickford 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 29 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 Wickford?
- 5 of the 574 postcodes now in use in Wickford came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 472 homes sold in Wickford were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SS12 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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