# SS3

Postcode district covering Shoeburyness, North Shoebury and Cambridge Town, in Southend-on-Sea and Rochford.

SS3 is a postcode district covering Shoeburyness, North Shoebury and Cambridge Town, in Southend-on-Sea and Rochford. Median sale price £350,000 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code SS3. 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 SS3 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £350,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in SS3 was £350,000 in 2025. Joint 789th 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/ss3#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 28,925** (2021). SS3 had 28,925 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 984th 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/ss3#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in SS3 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/ss3#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 95.7%** (January 2026). In SS3, 95.7% 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/ss3#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=SS3) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in SS3 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=SS3) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 352 homes were sold in SS3 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=SS3) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for SS3.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=SS3) (Census 2021, England and Wales): SS3 had 28,925 usual residents at the census.

## How SS3 compares

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

| Measure | SS3 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £350,000 | 7th cheapest | 17 postcode districts, SS · 2025 |
| Population | 28,925 | 9th least 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 | 95.7% | 6th highest | 18 postcode districts, SS · Jan 2026 |

## Is SS3 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SS3 at a rate of 76.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 91.5 per 1,000 people across the SS postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 224 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SS3.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,056), anti-social behaviour (328) and other crime (316).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SS3 was 65.5 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 SS3, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SS3 has no single figure. Of its 19 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood

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

## Neighbourhoods in SS3

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Rochford 010A](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford/neighbourhood/e01021917) | 1,735 | 61.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 90.3% |
| [Rochford 010B](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford/neighbourhood/e01021921) | 1,461 | 22.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 55.1% |
| [Rochford 010C](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford/neighbourhood/e01021922) | 1,572 | 57.9 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| [Rochford 010D](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford/neighbourhood/e01021923) | 1,325 | 38.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 79.1% |
| [Rochford 010E](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford/neighbourhood/e01021924) | 1,836 | 45.6 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.2% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 013A](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015876) | 2,481 | 86.0 per 1,000 | 7 | 95.0% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 013B](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015877) | 1,895 | 102.6 per 1,000 | 3 | 96.9% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 013C](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015878) | 1,256 | 49.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.3% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 013D](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015879) | 1,380 | 76.3 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.8% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 013E](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015880) | 1,522 | 104.8 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.9% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 013F](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015881) | 1,372 | 40.5 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 013G](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015882) | 1,768 | 138.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 017A](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015914) | 1,307 | 37.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 017B](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015915) | 1,440 | 83.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.2% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 017C](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015916) | 1,410 | 81.6 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.8% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 017D](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015917) | 1,658 | 251.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.0% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 017E](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015918) | 1,408 | 48.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.7% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 017F](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015919) | 1,360 | 25.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.8% |
| [Southend-on-Sea 017G](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/neighbourhood/e01015920) | 1,539 | 43.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.9% |

## 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.

## Middle areas in SS3

[Great Wakering & Foulness](https://openindex.co.uk/rochford/great-wakering-and-foulness), [Shoeburyness](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/shoeburyness), [West Shoebury](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea/west-shoebury)

## Postcode sectors in SS3

[SS3 0 (193 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss3-0), [SS3 8 (103 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss3-8), [SS3 9 (313 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss3-9)

## Councils SS3 covers

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

## Towns in SS3

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

## Postcode districts next to SS3

[SS1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss1), [SS2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss2), [SS4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss4)

## 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)

## SS3 in brief

SS3 is a postcode district covering Shoeburyness, North Shoebury and Cambridge Town, in Southend-on-Sea and Rochford.
About 29,503 people lived in SS3 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £350,000 in 2025 across 352 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 76.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SS3 was £350,000 in 2025.
SS3 had 28,925 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in SS3 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SS3, 95.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: SS3
- Postcode area: [SS](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss)
- Constituency: [Southend East and Rochford †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/southend-east-and-rochford)
- Council: [Southend-on-Sea †](https://openindex.co.uk/southend-on-sea)
- Area: 59.73 km²
- People, mid-2024: 29,503*
- Neighbourhoods: 19
- Output areas: 92

* 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), [SS2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss2), [SS4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss4)

## Latest updates for SS3

- 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/SS3

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss3, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss3#f-house-sales-median-price.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss3