Rochford: local statistics
Rochford is a district council area in the East of England, home to an estimated 90,760 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Rochford, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
The police recorded 43.0 crimes per 1,000 residents in Rochford in the year to March 2026 (3,903 offences in all), 39th of 42 in the East of England, counting from the highest rate. That compares with 45.0 per 1,000 the year before. Across the 11 years shown it ranged from 37.7 to 55.2 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
4,125 businesses were registered for VAT or PAYE in Rochford in March 2026, 9% more than in 2016. There are 45 per 1,000 residents, close to the middle of all 45 council areas in the East of England (24th highest).
In August 2026, 1,230 people in Rochford were on the claimant count, 2.3% of residents aged 16 to 64; the rate for the East of England was 3.3%. A year earlier the rate was 2.2%. Over the last five years it peaked at 3.3% in August 2021 and was lowest at 1.9% in November 2023.
A typical home in Rochford cost £412,543 in July 2026, on the UK House Price Index, a rise of 2.9% in twelve months. That is the 13th highest of 45 in the East of England; the average for the East of England was £337,518. Prices are 28% above July 2016 and at their highest July level in the series. The average price is 9.2 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in Rochford. That ratio is the 13th highest ratio of 45 in the East of England.
Full-time employees living in Rochford earned a median £864.90 a week in April 2025 (£44,750 a year). It is the 17th highest of 45 in the East of England, and 7.5% more than across the East of England. Measured by where people work rather than where they live, the median is £748.90, £116.00 lower. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £574.40: a change of +51% before inflation.
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 75.4% of Rochford residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026 (give or take 8.5 points); the figure for the East of England was 78.3%. Its lowest reading in the series was 75.4% and its highest 85.9%.
A Band D home in Rochford pays an average of £2,363.48 in council tax in 2026-27, up £95.48 on 2025-26. That makes it close to the middle of all 45 council areas in the East of England (26th highest). Ten years earlier, in 2016-17, it was £1,604.00.
In 2022 to 2024, women in Rochford had a life expectancy at birth of 84.3 years; for men it was 81.1, compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by -0.2 years for women and -0.1 for men. It is mid-table in the East of England, 20th of 45.
Rochford had an estimated 90,760 residents in mid-2025, up 1.4% on mid-2024. The ten-year change since mid-2015 is +7.7%, against +8.5% for the East of England as a whole, close to the middle of all 45 council areas in the East of England (24th fastest growth). The mid-2025 estimate is the highest in the series.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 84,291 |
| 2016 | 84,568 |
| 2017 | 84,672 |
| 2018 | 85,129 |
| 2019 | 85,290 |
| 2020 | 85,213 |
| 2021 | 86,181 |
| 2022 | 87,204 |
| 2023 | 88,405 |
| 2024 | 89,521 |
| 2025 | 90,760 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £322,795 |
| July 2017 | £348,569 |
| July 2018 | £352,538 |
| July 2019 | £359,188 |
| July 2020 | £360,396 |
| July 2021 | £364,580 |
| July 2022 | £391,593 |
| July 2023 | £390,554 |
| July 2024 | £388,969 |
| July 2025 | £400,734 |
| July 2026 | £412,543 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £574.40 a week |
| 2016 | £670.10 a week |
| 2017 | £642.80 a week |
| 2018 | £733.50 a week |
| 2019 | £725.30 a week |
| 2020 | £654.20 a week |
| 2021 | £751.80 a week |
| 2022 | £733.00 a week |
| 2023 | £831.10 a week |
| 2024 | £841.20 a week |
| 2025 | £864.90 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,604 |
| 2017-18 | £1,651.35 |
| 2018-19 | £1,730.71 |
| 2019-20 | £1,814.82 |
| 2020-21 | £1,880.63 |
| 2021-22 | £1,915.79 |
| 2022-23 | £1,993.97 |
| 2023-24 | £2,076.12 |
| 2024-25 | £2,175.36 |
| 2025-26 | £2,268 |
| 2026-27 | £2,363.48 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 37.7 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 39.1 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 43.0 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 52.1 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 52.7 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 46.9 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 52.1 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 55.2 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 50.1 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 45.0 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 43.0 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 79.2% |
| 2016/17 | 79.2% |
| 2017/18 | 81.2% |
| 2018/19 | 85.1% |
| 2019/20 | 85.9% |
| 2020/21 | 84.4% |
| 2021/22 | 84.6% |
| 2022/23 | 81.8% |
| 2023/24 | 77.5% |
| 2024/25 | 83.9% |
| 2025/26 | 75.4% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 84.5 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 84.8 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 84.9 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 84.8 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 84.3 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 84.4 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 84.1 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 84.1 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 84.3 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 84.1 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 84.3 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 3,800 |
| 2017 | 3,905 |
| 2018 | 3,875 |
| 2019 | 3,955 |
| 2020 | 4,005 |
| 2021 | 3,970 |
| 2022 | 3,945 |
| 2023 | 3,935 |
| 2024 | 3,955 |
| 2025 | 4,035 |
| 2026 | 4,125 |
Questions about Rochford
What is the crime rate in Rochford?
43.0 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to March 2026, excluding fraud (Home Office).
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Rochford?
The ONS claimant count was 1,230 in August 2026, 2.3% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is the average house price in Rochford?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £412,543.
What is the average salary in Rochford?
£864.90 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
How much is Band D council tax in Rochford?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,363.48 for 2026-27.
What is life expectancy in Rochford?
84.3 years for women and 81.1 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
What is the population of Rochford?
The ONS estimates 90,760 people lived in Rochford in mid-2025.
Who has power over Rochford
Every body that makes decisions for Rochford, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Rochford council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Rochford in official figures this page
Level 4: County councils, combined authorities and metro mayors
- Essex County Council county council
- Essex Police police force
- NHS Essex Integrated Care Board NHS
- East of England in official figures
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Rayleigh and Wickford: Mr Mark Francois (Conservative) MP
- Southend East and Rochford: Mr Bayo Alaba (Independent) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the East of England
- UK figures: Crime Survey for England and Wales: headline crime · UK unemployment rate · UK average house price
- Other council areas in the East of England: Babergh · Castle Point · East Cambridgeshire · Stevenage · Three Rivers · Uttlesford
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