SS15
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Basildon, Laindon and Lee Chapel North, 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 SS15 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SS15, 93.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SS15 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SS15 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SS15 at a rate of 82.2 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 91.5 per 1,000 people across SS.
In August 2026 alone, 266 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SS15.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,220), other crime (484) and criminal damage and arson (282).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SS15 was 81.8 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 SS15, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SS15 has no single figure. Of its 19 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SS15
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basildon 010A | 1,704 | 63.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.7% |
| Basildon 010B | 1,562 | 74.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 88.5% |
| Basildon 010C | 1,883 | 43.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 76.5% |
| Basildon 010D | 1,922 | 81.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.6% |
| Basildon 010E | 1,664 | 164.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 92.4% |
| Basildon 014A | 1,914 | 76.8 per 1,000 | 3 | 93.6% |
| Basildon 014B | 1,659 | 42.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.4% |
| Basildon 014C | 1,515 | 64.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.6% |
| Basildon 014D | 1,413 | 104.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 87.9% |
| Basildon 014F | 1,891 | 20.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 89.3% |
| Basildon 014G | 1,676 | 116.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 89.8% |
| Basildon 016A | 2,104 | 120.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.1% |
| Basildon 016B | 1,763 | 116.7 per 1,000 | 1 | 85.7% |
| Basildon 016C | 1,948 | 80.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.1% |
| Basildon 016D | 1,880 | 109.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.7% |
| Basildon 016E | 2,189 | 107.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.8% |
| Basildon 017A | 1,592 | 48.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Basildon 017B | 1,734 | 53.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.2% |
| Basildon 017C | 1,849 | 56.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.7% |
MPs for SS15
- Mr Richard HoldenConservativeMP for Basildon and Billericay100% of SS15’s postcodes
- James McMurdockIndependentMP for South Basildon and East Thurrock0.2% of SS15’s postcodes
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 SS154
Postcode sectors in SS153
Council1
Towns in SS151
Postcode districts next to SS156
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SS postcode area2
SS15 in brief
SS15 is a postcode district covering Basildon, Laindon and Lee Chapel North, in Basildon.
About 35,177 people lived in SS15 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £342,000 in 2025 across 430 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 82.2 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SS15 was £342,000 in 2025.
SS15 had 34,218 usual residents at the census.
In SS15, 93.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SS15, 4.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.