# SS2 5NZ: area report for a postcode in Southend-on-Sea

SS2 5NZ is a postcode in Southend-on-Sea.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Southend-on-Sea. Open the map at SS2 5NZ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Southend-on-Sea](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea) › [SS2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss2) › [SS2 5](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss2-5)

## Around this postcode

- **78 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 39% on July. Southend-on-Sea 010D: 138 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=0.7180,51.5469,SS25NZ
- **Prittlewell, 660 m**: About 8 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=0.7180,51.5469,SS25NZ
- **4 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 240 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=0.7180,51.5469,SS25NZ
- **No property in SS2 5NZ listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=0.7180,51.5469,SS25NZ
- **England’s most deprived 20%**: This neighbourhood, Southend-on-Sea 010D. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=0.7180,51.5469,SS25NZ
- **£328,383 average price**: For the whole of Southend-on-Sea, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=0.7180,51.5469,SS25NZ
- **4 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 630 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=0.7180,51.5469,SS25NZ
- **6 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 290 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=0.7180,51.5469,SS25NZ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at SS2 5NZ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=0.7180,51.5469,SS25NZ
- **Low road and rail noise at SS2 5NZ**: Road 50 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=0.7180,51.5469,SS25NZ
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=0.7180,51.5469,SS25NZ
- **10.8 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=0.7180,51.5469,SS25NZ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Bournemouth Park Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bournemouth-park-academy-e143966) | Primary | 240 m (3 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade | 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Sutton House Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sutton-house-academy-e142940) | Special | 660 m (8 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), March 2024 | – |
| [Victory Park Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/victory-park-academy-e142938) | Pupil referral and alternative provision | 670 m (8 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), May 2024 | – |
| [Southend YMCA Community School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/southend-ymca-community-school-e139903) | Pupil referral and alternative provision | 700 m (9 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade | – |
| [Porters Grange Primary School and Nursery](https://openindex.co.uk/school/porters-grange-primary-school-and-nursery-e142683) | Primary | 900 m (11 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), May 2024 | 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Temple Sutton Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/temple-sutton-primary-school-e144694) | Primary | 940 m (12 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), January 2023 | 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [South Essex College of Further and Higher Education](https://openindex.co.uk/school/south-essex-college-of-further-and-higher-education-e130672) | Sixth form and further education | 970 m (12 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [St Mary's, Prittlewell, CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-marys-prittlewell-cofe-primary-school-e115145) | Primary | 980 m (12 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade | 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| December 2025 | £290,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 50 m |
| March 2025 | £285,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 80 m |
| May 2026 | £250,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 90 m |
| October 2025 | £180,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 130 m |
| April 2026 | £295,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 150 m |
| May 2026 | £290,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 150 m |
| February 2026 | £335,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 200 m |
| January 2026 | £90,000 | Flat or maisonette, established, leasehold | 200 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Prittlewell (660 m, 8 minutes on foot); Southend Victoria (750 m, 9 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: THE QUEENSWAY SURGERY (630 m); SAS MID AND SOUTH ESSEX STP (760 m); WARRIOR SQUARE SURGERY (830 m); ST LUKE'S HEALTH CENTRE (900 m)
- Pharmacies: RAYS PHARMACY (470 m); SOUTHEND PHARMACY (630 m); MURRAY MILLER PHARMACY (680 m); QUEENSWAY PHARMACY (750 m); BOOTS (800 m)
- Dental practices: PARK HOUSE DENTAL PRACTICE LTD (730 m); WARRIOR HOUSE HEALTH CENTRE (790 m); SOUTHCHURCH ROAD (DENTAL SURGERY) (850 m); DENTAL SURGERY (850 m); BAXTER AVENUE (DENTAL SURGERY) (880 m)
- Supermarkets: Iceland Greyhound RP Southend (290 m, Iceland); Lidl Central Southend Southend-On-Sea (310 m, Lidl); Co-op Southend (500 m, The Co-operative Group); Budgens - Beaumont Court (770 m, Budgens); Sainsburys Southend (920 m, Sainsburys)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £328,383** (July 2026). Southend-on-Sea’s average house price was £328,383 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 1.6% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £41,554** (2025). Full-time workers living in Southend-on-Sea earned a median of £41,554 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 106th highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 7.9×** (2025). A home in Southend-on-Sea costs 7.9 times local full-time pay. Joint 138th least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 24.0** (2025). Southend-on-Sea has a deprivation score of 24.0 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 89th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Southend-on-Sea 010D (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 36.5** (2025). Southend-on-Sea 010D has a deprivation score of 36.5 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 5,611th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £250,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Southend-on-Sea 010D was £250,000 in 2025. Joint 11,433rd cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,911** (2021). Southend-on-Sea 010D had 1,911 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 6,981st most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 99.9%** (January 2026). In Southend-on-Sea 010D, 99.9% 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.

## SS2 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £316,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in SS2 was £316,000 in 2025. 993rd most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 37,833** (2021). SS2 had 37,833 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 524th 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.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in SS2 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.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 98.7%** (January 2026). In SS2, 98.7% 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.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Southend-on-Sea](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea)
- Centre: 51.5469, 0.7180

Council: [Southend-on-Sea](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea) (Unitary authority, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Southend East and Rochford](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/southend-east-and-rochford): Mr Bayo Alaba (Independent), MP since July 2024.

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

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=0.7180,51.5469,SS25NZ

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