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SS14

Postcode district

Postcode district covering Basildon, Fryerns and Ghyllgrove, in Basildon.

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 SS14 postcode. How census figures are added up

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Gigabit coverage by postcode district

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In SS14, 95.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Median sale price
£325,000
924th most expensive of 2,235
Worked out by Open Index
Population
28,710
991st most populated of 2,756
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
95.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
5.5%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How SS14 compares

Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.

SS14Middle
Median sale price17 postcode districts, SS · 2025
Median sale price: every postcode district in SS17 areas from £310,000 to £449,586. The middle area is £360,500. SS14 is £325,000.
£325,0005th cheapest
Population18 postcode districts, SS · 2021
Population: every postcode district in SS18 areas from 567 to 50,629. The middle area is 30,630. SS14 is 28,710.
28,7108th least populated
Gigabit broadband coverage18 postcode districts, SS · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every postcode district in SS18 areas from 56.5% to 98.7%. The middle area is 93.2%. SS14 is 95.5%.
95.5%7th highest
Claimant rate17 postcode districts, SS · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every postcode district in SS17 areas from 1.8% to 6.0%. The middle area is 3.3%. SS14 is 5.5%.
5.5%2nd highest

Is SS14 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SS14 at a rate of 167.9 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 91.5 per 1,000 people across SS.

In August 2026 alone, 479 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SS14.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,918), other crime (904) and anti-social behaviour (675).

A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SS14 was 170.2 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 SS14, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

  • Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SS14 has no single figure. Of its 15 neighbourhoods with a rank:
  • Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
  • Decile 2: 5 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 3: 6 neighbourhoods
  • Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods

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

Neighbourhoods in SS14

NamePeople (census)Recorded crime per 1,000Deprivation decileGigabit broadband
Basildon 012A1,78873.4 per 1,000499.7%
Basildon 012B1,995207.0 per 1,000393.3%
Basildon 012C2,132161.5 per 1,000499.9%
Basildon 012D2,22573.5 per 1,000397.7%
Basildon 012E1,650105.8 per 1,000496.2%
Basildon 013A1,870280.6 per 1,000198.3%
Basildon 015A1,78489.7 per 1,000399.2%
Basildon 015B1,686368.4 per 1,000295.2%
Basildon 015C2,703468.9 per 1,000285.6%
Basildon 015D1,72894.6 per 1,000296.6%
Basildon 015E1,70959.3 per 1,000399.3%
Basildon 017E2,405108.0 per 1,000394.2%
Basildon 019A1,628136.3 per 1,000294.1%
Basildon 019E1,742102.0 per 1,000293.2%
Basildon 022D1,870103.0 per 1,000398.9%

MPs for SS14

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 SS142

Postcode sectors in SS144

Council1

Towns in SS141

Postcode districts next to SS145

Nearest rail stations4

More in the SS postcode area2

SS14 in brief

SS14 is a postcode district covering Basildon, Fryerns and Ghyllgrove, in Basildon.

About 30,530 people lived in SS14 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £325,000 in 2025 across 339 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 167.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).

The median price paid for a home in SS14 was £325,000 in 2025.

SS14 had 28,710 usual residents at the census.

In SS14, 95.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In SS14, 5.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.