SS8
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Canvey Island, Leigh Beck and Winter Gardens, in Castle Point.
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 SS8 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SS8, 86.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SS8 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SS8 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SS8 at a rate of 82.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 91.5 per 1,000 people across SS.
In August 2026 alone, 263 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SS8.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,354), anti-social behaviour (606) and other crime (487).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SS8 was 74.1 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 SS8, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SS8 has no single figure. Of its 25 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SS8
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Point 008A | 1,325 | 33.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.4% |
| Castle Point 008B | 1,427 | 97.7 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Castle Point 008C | 1,501 | 51.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.8% |
| Castle Point 008D | 1,430 | 55.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.7% |
| Castle Point 008E | 1,292 | 69.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.6% |
| Castle Point 009A | 1,647 | 32.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.7% |
| Castle Point 009B | 1,514 | 88.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.9% |
| Castle Point 009C | 2,030 | 34.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.2% |
| Castle Point 009D | 1,456 | 80.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 94.4% |
| Castle Point 010A | 1,227 | 86.2 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.4% |
| Castle Point 010B | 1,328 | 120.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Castle Point 010C | 1,501 | 77.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.7% |
| Castle Point 010D | 1,462 | 251.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 76.1% |
| Castle Point 010E | 1,496 | 116.1 per 1,000 | 1 | 95.9% |
| Castle Point 010F | 1,327 | 85.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Castle Point 011A | 1,351 | 80.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 96.7% |
| Castle Point 011B | 1,647 | 248.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 86.1% |
| Castle Point 011C | 1,582 | 41.6 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.7% |
| Castle Point 011D | 1,384 | 66.7 per 1,000 | 4 | 79.0% |
| Castle Point 011E | 2,034 | 58.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 69.8% |
| Castle Point 012A | 1,391 | 50.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.4% |
| Castle Point 012B | 1,414 | 54.9 per 1,000 | 2 | 90.7% |
| Castle Point 012C | 1,662 | 56.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 90.2% |
| Castle Point 012D | 1,513 | 48.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 95.8% |
| Castle Point 012E | 2,382 | 85.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 32.4% |
Your MP
- Rebecca HarrisConservativeMP for Castle Point
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
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SS8 in brief
SS8 is a postcode district covering Canvey Island, Leigh Beck and Winter Gardens, in Castle Point.
About 38,569 people lived in SS8 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £320,000 in 2025 across 521 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 82.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SS8 was £320,000 in 2025.
SS8 had 38,323 usual residents at the census.
In SS8, 86.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SS8, 3.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.