# SS0

Postcode district covering Southend-on-Sea, Westcliff-on-Sea and Chalkwell, in Southend-on-Sea.

SS0 is a postcode district covering Southend-on-Sea, Westcliff-on-Sea and Chalkwell, in Southend-on-Sea. Median sale price £315,000 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code SS0. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [SS](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss)

Approximate outline worked out by Open Index from the ONS Postcode Directory: each census output area belongs to the district that holds most of its postcodes. People, homes, recorded crime and broadband add up those output areas. House sales count every sale with an SS0 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £315,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in SS0 was £315,000 in 2025. Joint 994th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss0#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 43,443** (2021). SS0 had 43,443 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 345th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss0#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in SS0 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss0#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 98.6%** (January 2026). In SS0, 98.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss0#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=SS0) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in SS0 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=SS0) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 562 homes were sold in SS0 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=SS0) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for SS0.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=SS0) (Census 2021, England and Wales): SS0 had 43,443 usual residents at the census.

## How SS0 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | SS0 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £315,000 | 2nd cheapest | 17 postcode districts, SS · 2025 |
| Population | 43,443 | 3rd most populated | 18 postcode districts, SS · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 18 postcode districts, SS · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 98.6% | 2nd highest | 18 postcode districts, SS · Jan 2026 |

## Is SS0 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SS0 at a rate of 106.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 91.5 per 1,000 people across the SS postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 477 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SS0.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,047), other crime (746) and shoplifting (530).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SS0 was 103.1 per 1,000 people.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.

## Deprivation in SS0, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SS0 has no single figure. Of its 27 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 9 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.

## Neighbourhoods in SS0

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Southend-on-Sea 002F](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015868) | 1,696 | 75.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.3% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015857) | 1,625 | 30.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.4% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015858) | 1,836 | 138.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015859) | 1,929 | 67.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.1% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015860) | 1,575 | 79.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 004F](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015862) | 1,742 | 102.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015822) | 1,269 | 83.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015823) | 1,732 | 33.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.7% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 005E](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015824) | 1,583 | 69.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015901) | 1,621 | 66.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.3% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015902) | 1,665 | 97.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.6% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015903) | 1,623 | 21.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015904) | 1,756 | 111.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.6% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 007E](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015905) | 1,490 | 27.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.7% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 007F](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015906) | 1,530 | 20.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 007G](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015907) | 1,599 | 37.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.1% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 010B](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015896) | 1,940 | 302.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.0% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 010F](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015900) | 1,733 | 146.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.6% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 012A](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015827) | 1,707 | 64.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.8% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 012B](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015828) | 1,759 | 135.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.5% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 012D](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015830) | 1,557 | 35.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 85.2% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 012E](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015831) | 1,729 | 177.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.6% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 012F](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015832) | 1,616 | 364.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.8% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 015A](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015851) | 1,633 | 232.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.1% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 015C](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015853) | 1,828 | 123.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.5% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 015E](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015855) | 2,087 | 154.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.2% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 015F](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015856) | 1,844 | 96.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.5% |

## Your MP

- [Southend West and Leigh](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/southend-west-and-leigh): David Burton-Sampson (Labour), MP since July 2024. 75% of the people here.
- [Southend East and Rochford](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/southend-east-and-rochford): Mr Bayo Alaba (Independent), MP since July 2024. 25% of the people here.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Middle areas in SS0

[Chalkwell](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/chalkwell), [Prittlewell](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/prittlewell), [Southend Central](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/southend-central), [Westborough](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/westborough)

## Postcode sectors in SS0

[SS0 0 (190 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss0-0), [SS0 7 (186 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss0-7), [SS0 8 (134 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss0-8), [SS0 9 (227 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss0-9)

## Council

[Southend-on-Sea](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea)

## Towns in SS0

[Southend-on-Sea](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea)

## Postcode districts next to SS0

[SS1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss1), [SS2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss2), [SS9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss9)

## Nearest rail stations

[Westcliff (750 m from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=0.6915,51.5373), [Chalkwell (1.4 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=0.6706,51.5387), [Southend Victoria (1.6 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=0.7115,51.5415), [Prittlewell (1.7 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=0.7107,51.5507)

## More in the SS postcode area

[All SS postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## SS0 in brief

SS0 is a postcode district covering Southend-on-Sea, Westcliff-on-Sea and Chalkwell, in Southend-on-Sea.
About 44,831 people lived in SS0 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £315,000 in 2025 across 562 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 106.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SS0 was £315,000 in 2025.
SS0 had 43,443 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in SS0 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SS0, 98.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: SS0
- Postcode area: [SS](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss)
- Constituency: [Southend West and Leigh †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/southend-west-and-leigh)
- Council: [Southend-on-Sea †](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea)
- Area: 6.68 km²
- People, mid-2024: 44,831*
- Neighbourhoods: 27
- Output areas: 138

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[SS2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss2), [SS9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss9), [SS1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss1)

## Latest updates for SS0

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/SS0

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss0, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss0#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss0