SS1
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Southend-on-Sea, Southchurch and Porters Town, in Southend-on-Sea.
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 SS1 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SS1, 97.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SS1 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SS1 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SS1 at a rate of 237.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 91.5 per 1,000 people across SS.
In August 2026 alone, 682 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SS1.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,802), other crime (1,161) and anti-social behaviour (874).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SS1 was 220.5 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 SS1, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SS1 has no single figure. Of its 15 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SS1
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southend-on-Sea 009A | 1,451 | 63.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Southend-on-Sea 009C | 1,714 | 25.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.6% |
| Southend-on-Sea 014A | 1,872 | 130.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.1% |
| Southend-on-Sea 014B | 1,822 | 167.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Southend-on-Sea 014C | 2,570 | 422.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 85.0% |
| Southend-on-Sea 014D | 2,008 | 143.4 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| Southend-on-Sea 014F | 2,126 | 258.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 97.2% |
| Southend-on-Sea 015B | 2,113 | 872.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 93.8% |
| Southend-on-Sea 015D | 2,185 | 156.9 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.9% |
| Southend-on-Sea 016A | 1,395 | 24.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.4% |
| Southend-on-Sea 016B | 1,534 | 63.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.8% |
| Southend-on-Sea 016C | 1,468 | 93.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.9% |
| Southend-on-Sea 016D | 1,689 | 54.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Southend-on-Sea 016E | 1,501 | 103.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 97.6% |
| Southend-on-Sea 016F | 1,529 | 34.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.8% |
Your MP
- Mr Bayo AlabaIndependentMP for Southend East and Rochford
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Middle areas in SS12
Postcode sectors in SS14
Council1
Towns in SS11
Postcode districts next to SS14
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SS postcode area2
SS1 in brief
SS1 is a postcode district covering Southend-on-Sea, Southchurch and Porters Town, in Southend-on-Sea.
About 29,498 people lived in SS1 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £360,500 in 2025 across 357 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 237.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SS1 was £360,500 in 2025.
SS1 had 28,502 usual residents at the census.
In SS1, 97.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SS1, 6.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.