# SS2

Postcode district covering Southend-on-Sea, Prittlewell and Southchurch, in Southend-on-Sea.

SS2 is a postcode district covering Southend-on-Sea, Prittlewell and Southchurch, in Southend-on-Sea. Median sale price £316,000 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code SS2. In: [Postcodes](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode) › [SS](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss)

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 SS2 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss2#f-house-sales-median-price
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss2#f-population
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss2#f-radon-affected-share
- **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. https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss2#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=SS2) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in SS2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
- [Sales per year by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-sales-per-year?place=SS2) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 518 homes were sold in SS2 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=SS2) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for SS2.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=SS2) (Census 2021, England and Wales): SS2 had 37,833 usual residents at the census.

## How SS2 compares

Each postcode district against every other postcode district the measure covers.

| Measure | SS2 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £316,000 | 3rd cheapest | 17 postcode districts, SS · 2025 |
| Population | 37,833 | 5th most populated | 18 postcode districts, SS · 2021 |
| People in radon Affected Area squares | 0% | joint fewest people in radon Affected Areas | 18 postcode districts, SS · 2022 |
| Gigabit broadband coverage | 98.7% | highest | 18 postcode districts, SS · Jan 2026 |

## Is SS2 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SS2 at a rate of 127.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 91.5 per 1,000 people across the SS postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 503 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SS2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,077), other crime (780) and anti-social behaviour (651).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SS2 was 115.9 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 SS2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SS2 has no single figure. Of its 22 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood

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

## Neighbourhoods in SS2

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Southend-on-Sea 002A](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015863) | 2,367 | 55.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.4% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 002C](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015865) | 1,458 | 72.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 002D](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015866) | 2,144 | 58.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.6% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 002E](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015867) | 1,472 | 129.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 004E](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015861) | 1,979 | 216.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.6% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015869) | 1,647 | 49.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015870) | 1,631 | 76.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015871) | 1,633 | 168.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.6% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015872) | 1,657 | 22.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 006E](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015873) | 1,249 | 71.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 006F](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015874) | 1,747 | 152.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.6% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 006G](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015875) | 1,644 | 113.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.3% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 009B](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015884) | 2,347 | 118.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.8% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 009D](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015886) | 1,537 | 160.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 009E](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015887) | 1,601 | 134.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.5% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 009F](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015888) | 1,499 | 70.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.8% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 010C](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015897) | 2,043 | 145.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 010D](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015898) | 1,911 | 137.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 010E](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015899) | 2,080 | 125.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.1% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 010G](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01034095) | 1,565 | 445.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 010H](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01034096) | 1,736 | 486.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.6% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 014E](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015843) | 1,693 | 138.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |

## Your MP

- [Southend West and Leigh](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/southend-west-and-leigh): David Burton-Sampson (Labour), MP since July 2024. 54% of the people here.
- [Southend East and Rochford](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/southend-east-and-rochford): Mr Bayo Alaba (Independent), MP since July 2024. 46% of the people here.

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

## Middle areas in SS2

[Eastwood](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/eastwood), [Southchurch](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/southchurch), [St Lukes](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/st-lukes), [Victoria](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/victoria)

## Postcode sectors in SS2

[SS2 4 (256 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss2-4), [SS2 5 (194 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss2-5), [SS2 6 (261 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss2-6)

## Council

[Southend-on-Sea](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea)

## Towns in SS2

[Southend-on-Sea](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea)

## Postcode districts next to SS2

[SS0](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss0), [SS1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss1), [SS3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss3), [SS4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss4), [SS9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss9), [SS99](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss99)

## Nearest rail stations

[Southend East (1.3 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=0.7318,51.5390), [Prittlewell (1.4 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=0.7107,51.5507), [Southend Victoria (1.7 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=0.7115,51.5415), [Southend Central (2.0 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=0.7117,51.5371)

## More in the SS postcode area

[All SS postcode districts](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss), [Every UK postcode area](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode)

## SS2 in brief

SS2 is a postcode district covering Southend-on-Sea, Prittlewell and Southchurch, in Southend-on-Sea.
About 39,394 people lived in SS2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £316,000 in 2025 across 518 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 127.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SS2 was £316,000 in 2025.
SS2 had 37,833 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in SS2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SS2, 98.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: SS2
- Postcode area: [SS](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss)
- Constituency: [Southend West and Leigh †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/southend-west-and-leigh)
- Council: [Southend-on-Sea †](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea)
- Area: 11.04 km²
- People, mid-2024: 39,394*
- Neighbourhoods: 22
- Output areas: 122

* People: worked out by Open Index from neighbourhood estimates, shared out by where people lived at the census (by area in Northern Ireland). This area's edges do not follow neighbourhood edges, so the figure is close but not exact.
† Best fit: the constituency, council, region and nation this postcode district mostly lies in. Its edges do not follow theirs.

## Next door

[SS1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss1), [SS4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss4), [SS0](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss0), [SS3](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss3), [SS9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss9), [SS99](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss99)

## Latest updates for SS2

- August 2026 house prices published: HM Land Registry and partners · Oct 2026.
- September 2026 rent published: ONS private rents · Oct 2026.
- Dental practices updated: NHS England · Oct 2026.
- Schools updated: Ofsted · Oct 2026.

The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/SS2

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss2, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss2#f-house-sales-median-price.

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss2