SS16
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Basildon, Kingswood and Vange, 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 SS16 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SS16, 89.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SS16 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SS16 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SS16 at a rate of 96.8 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 91.5 per 1,000 people across SS.
In August 2026 alone, 319 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SS16.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,657), other crime (516) and anti-social behaviour (286).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SS16 was 88.2 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 SS16, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SS16 has no single figure. Of its 19 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SS16
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basildon 017D | 1,580 | 33.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Basildon 019B | 1,819 | 111.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.2% |
| Basildon 019C | 1,788 | 102.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 91.4% |
| Basildon 019D | 1,640 | 155.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 92.7% |
| Basildon 020A | 1,747 | 49.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.8% |
| Basildon 020B | 1,666 | 84.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.3% |
| Basildon 020D | 2,227 | 338.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 88.0% |
| Basildon 020E | 1,547 | 65.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.0% |
| Basildon 020F | 1,487 | 75.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.8% |
| Basildon 020G | 1,641 | 100.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.9% |
| Basildon 021A | 1,475 | 27.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.0% |
| Basildon 021B | 1,465 | 44.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 81.0% |
| Basildon 021C | 1,556 | 69.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 75.4% |
| Basildon 021D | 1,588 | 70.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 18.8% |
| Basildon 021E | 1,540 | 49.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 85.7% |
| Basildon 021F | 1,419 | 28.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 90.7% |
| Basildon 022A | 2,137 | 78.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.9% |
| Basildon 022C | 1,409 | 136.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 95.5% |
| Basildon 022E | 1,543 | 55.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.2% |
MPs for SS16
- James McMurdockIndependentMP for South Basildon and East Thurrock80% of SS16’s postcodes
- Mr Richard HoldenConservativeMP for Basildon and Billericay20% of SS16’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 SS164
Postcode sectors in SS163
Council1
Towns in SS161
Postcode districts next to SS167
Nearest rail stations3
More in the SS postcode area2
SS16 in brief
SS16 is a postcode district covering Basildon, Kingswood and Vange, in Basildon.
About 34,327 people lived in SS16 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £355,000 in 2025 across 443 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 96.8 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SS16 was £355,000 in 2025.
SS16 had 32,334 usual residents at the census.
In SS16, 89.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SS16, 4.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.