# SS7

Postcode district covering Thundersley, Hadleigh and South Benfleet, in Castle Point.

SS7 is a postcode district covering Thundersley, Hadleigh and South Benfleet, in Castle Point. Median sale price £400,000 in 2025.

Postcode district. Code SS7. 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 SS7 postcode. [How census figures are added up](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/population)

## Key figures

- **Median sale price: £400,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in SS7 was £400,000 in 2025. Joint 587th 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/ss7#f-house-sales-median-price
- **Population: 50,629** (2021). SS7 had 50,629 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 201st 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/ss7#f-population
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in SS7 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/ss7#f-radon-affected-share
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 91.7%** (January 2026). In SS7, 91.7% 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/ss7#f-gigabit-coverage

## On the map

- [Radon Affected Area by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon-affected-areas?place=SS7) (Worked out by Open Index · 2022): About 0% of people in SS7 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=SS7) (Worked out by Open Index · 2025): 865 homes were sold in SS7 in 2025.
- [Crime and ASB by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/recorded-crime?place=SS7) (Police recorded crime and outcomes (data.police.uk) · August 2026): Crime and anti-social behaviour for SS7.
- [Population by postcode district](https://openindex.co.uk/map/population?place=SS7) (Census 2021, England and Wales): SS7 had 50,629 usual residents at the census.

## How SS7 compares

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

| Measure | SS7 | Rank | Compared with |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Median sale price | £400,000 | joint 4th most expensive | 17 postcode districts, SS · 2025 |
| Population | 50,629 | 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 | 91.7% | 7th lowest | 18 postcode districts, SS · Jan 2026 |

## Is SS7 safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SS7 at a rate of 48.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 91.5 per 1,000 people across the SS postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 243 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SS7.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,044), other crime (395) and anti-social behaviour (259).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SS7 was 50.5 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 SS7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SS7 has no single figure. Of its 32 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 11 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 8 neighbourhoods

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

## Neighbourhoods in SS7

| Area | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Castle Point 001A](https://openindex.co.uk/castle-point/neighbourhood/e01021513) | 1,608 | 39.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 91.8% |
| [Castle Point 001B](https://openindex.co.uk/castle-point/neighbourhood/e01021514) | 1,537 | 29.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.0% |
| [Castle Point 001C](https://openindex.co.uk/castle-point/neighbourhood/e01021515) | 1,334 | 28.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.4% |
| [Castle Point 001D](https://openindex.co.uk/castle-point/neighbourhood/e01021525) | 1,665 | 73.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 55.2% |
| [Castle Point 001E](https://openindex.co.uk/castle-point/neighbourhood/e01021527) | 1,679 | 25.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.6% |
| [Castle Point 002A](https://openindex.co.uk/castle-point/neighbourhood/e01021509) | 1,409 | 31.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.5% |
| [Castle Point 002B](https://openindex.co.uk/castle-point/neighbourhood/e01021510) | 1,471 | 40.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.3% |
| [Castle Point 002C](https://openindex.co.uk/castle-point/neighbourhood/e01021511) | 1,995 | 25.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.8% |
| [Castle Point 002D](https://openindex.co.uk/castle-point/neighbourhood/e01021528) | 1,577 | 63.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 87.5% |
| [Castle Point 002E](https://openindex.co.uk/castle-point/neighbourhood/e01021531) | 1,500 | 94.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.2% |
| [Castle Point 003A](https://openindex.co.uk/castle-point/neighbourhood/e01021476) | 1,993 | 89.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.2% |
| [Castle Point 003B](https://openindex.co.uk/castle-point/neighbourhood/e01021477) | 1,511 | 31.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.7% |
| [Castle Point 003C](https://openindex.co.uk/castle-point/neighbourhood/e01021478) | 1,790 | 44.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.1% |
| [Castle Point 003D](https://openindex.co.uk/castle-point/neighbourhood/e01021516) | 1,332 | 37.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.7% |
| [Castle Point 004A](https://openindex.co.uk/castle-point/neighbourhood/e01021479) | 1,538 | 24.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.0% |
| [Castle Point 004B](https://openindex.co.uk/castle-point/neighbourhood/e01021481) | 1,642 | 28.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 75.8% |
| [Castle Point 004C](https://openindex.co.uk/castle-point/neighbourhood/e01021483) | 1,799 | 25.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 84.8% |
| [Castle Point 004D](https://openindex.co.uk/castle-point/neighbourhood/e01021512) | 1,522 | 45.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.3% |
| [Castle Point 004E](https://openindex.co.uk/castle-point/neighbourhood/e01021526) | 1,578 | 16.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.1% |
| [Castle Point 005A](https://openindex.co.uk/castle-point/neighbourhood/e01021517) | 1,663 | 26.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.4% |
| [Castle Point 005B](https://openindex.co.uk/castle-point/neighbourhood/e01021519) | 1,534 | 20.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 89.5% |
| [Castle Point 005C](https://openindex.co.uk/castle-point/neighbourhood/e01021530) | 1,463 | 36.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.4% |
| [Castle Point 005D](https://openindex.co.uk/castle-point/neighbourhood/e01021532) | 1,385 | 29.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 87.6% |
| [Castle Point 006A](https://openindex.co.uk/castle-point/neighbourhood/e01021482) | 1,526 | 87.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.1% |
| [Castle Point 006B](https://openindex.co.uk/castle-point/neighbourhood/e01021518) | 2,131 | 72.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 88.1% |
| [Castle Point 006C](https://openindex.co.uk/castle-point/neighbourhood/e01021520) | 1,533 | 83.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.8% |
| [Castle Point 006D](https://openindex.co.uk/castle-point/neighbourhood/e01021529) | 1,497 | 68.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.5% |
| [Castle Point 007A](https://openindex.co.uk/castle-point/neighbourhood/e01021480) | 1,749 | 78.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.9% |
| [Castle Point 007B](https://openindex.co.uk/castle-point/neighbourhood/e01021521) | 1,395 | 30.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.7% |
| [Castle Point 007C](https://openindex.co.uk/castle-point/neighbourhood/e01021522) | 1,872 | 89.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.4% |
| [Castle Point 007D](https://openindex.co.uk/castle-point/neighbourhood/e01021523) | 1,404 | 12.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.8% |
| [Castle Point 007E](https://openindex.co.uk/castle-point/neighbourhood/e01021524) | 1,627 | 59.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.7% |

## Your MP

- [Castle Point](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/castle-point): Rebecca Harris (Conservative), 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 SS7

[Benfleet Appleton](https://openindex.co.uk/castle-point/benfleet-appleton), [Benfleet North](https://openindex.co.uk/castle-point/benfleet-north), [Hadleigh North](https://openindex.co.uk/castle-point/hadleigh-north), [Hadleigh South](https://openindex.co.uk/castle-point/hadleigh-south), [New Thundersley](https://openindex.co.uk/castle-point/new-thundersley), [South Benfleet](https://openindex.co.uk/castle-point/south-benfleet), [Thundersley Glen](https://openindex.co.uk/castle-point/thundersley-glen)

## Postcode sectors in SS7

[SS7 1 (226 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss7-1), [SS7 2 (215 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss7-2), [SS7 3 (268 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss7-3), [SS7 4 (160 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss7-4), [SS7 5 (235 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss7-5), [SS7 9 (16 postcodes)](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss7-9)

## Council

[Castle Point](https://openindex.co.uk/castle-point)

## Towns in SS7

[Thundersley and South Benfleet](https://openindex.co.uk/town/thundersley-and-south-benfleet)

## Postcode districts next to SS7

[SS6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss6), [SS8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss8), [SS9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss9), [SS12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss12), [SS13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss13)

## Nearest rail stations

[Benfleet (2.1 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=0.5617,51.5440), [Rayleigh (3.6 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=0.6000,51.5893), [Pitsea (4.6 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=0.5063,51.5604), [Leigh-On-Sea (5.2 km from the middle)](https://openindex.co.uk/map/rail-stations?around=0.6404,51.5413)

## 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)

## SS7 in brief

SS7 is a postcode district covering Thundersley, Hadleigh and South Benfleet, in Castle Point.
About 51,377 people lived in SS7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £400,000 in 2025 across 865 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 48.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SS7 was £400,000 in 2025.
SS7 had 50,629 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in SS7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SS7, 91.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode district
- Code: SS7
- Postcode area: [SS](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss)
- Constituency: [Castle Point †](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/castle-point)
- Council: [Castle Point †](https://openindex.co.uk/castle-point)
- Area: 26.30 km²
- People, mid-2024: 51,377*
- Neighbourhoods: 32
- Output areas: 158

* 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

[SS9](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss9), [SS6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss6), [SS13](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss13), [SS12](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss12), [SS8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss8)

## Latest updates for SS7

- 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/SS7

## How to cite

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Snapshot 2026.10.9. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ss7