SS9
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Leigh-on-Sea, Eastwood and The Birches, in Southend-on-Sea.
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 SS9 postcode. How census figures are added up
Gigabit coverage by postcode district
Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026
In SS9, 97.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
How SS9 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SS9 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SS9 at a rate of 49.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 91.5 per 1,000 people across SS.
In August 2026 alone, 232 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SS9.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,094), other crime (479) and anti-social behaviour (274).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SS9 was 44.6 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 SS9, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SS9 has no single figure. Of its 31 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 8 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 7 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SS9
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rochford 009A | 1,485 | 41.1 per 1,000 | 10 | 62.0% |
| Southend-on-Sea 001A | 1,564 | 12.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| Southend-on-Sea 001B | 1,434 | 58.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.9% |
| Southend-on-Sea 001C | 1,747 | 71.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.4% |
| Southend-on-Sea 001D | 1,509 | 43.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.7% |
| Southend-on-Sea 001E | 1,738 | 42.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.1% |
| Southend-on-Sea 001F | 1,460 | 17.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.1% |
| Southend-on-Sea 002B | 1,444 | 44.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.8% |
| Southend-on-Sea 003A | 1,378 | 42.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.7% |
| Southend-on-Sea 003B | 1,632 | 21.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.4% |
| Southend-on-Sea 003C | 1,575 | 65.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.8% |
| Southend-on-Sea 003D | 1,665 | 38.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| Southend-on-Sea 003E | 1,711 | 43.2 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.5% |
| Southend-on-Sea 003F | 1,481 | 67.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Southend-on-Sea 005A | 1,690 | 96.0 per 1,000 | 2 | 98.9% |
| Southend-on-Sea 005B | 1,658 | 65.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.9% |
| Southend-on-Sea 005F | 1,634 | 83.5 per 1,000 | 4 | 99.0% |
| Southend-on-Sea 005G | 1,428 | 25.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 100.0% |
| Southend-on-Sea 008A | 1,637 | 19.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.2% |
| Southend-on-Sea 008B | 1,545 | 32.8 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Southend-on-Sea 008C | 1,569 | 46.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.0% |
| Southend-on-Sea 008D | 1,295 | 30.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 94.7% |
| Southend-on-Sea 008E | 1,584 | 12.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 100.0% |
| Southend-on-Sea 008F | 1,741 | 60.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 97.7% |
| Southend-on-Sea 011A | 1,615 | 34.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.7% |
| Southend-on-Sea 011B | 1,733 | 45.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.4% |
| Southend-on-Sea 011C | 1,603 | 61.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.5% |
| Southend-on-Sea 011D | 1,659 | 123.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 87.9% |
| Southend-on-Sea 011E | 1,702 | 106.8 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.9% |
| Southend-on-Sea 011F | 1,579 | 23.4 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| Southend-on-Sea 012C | 1,560 | 48.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.9% |
MPs for SS9
- David Burton-SampsonLabourMP for Southend West and Leigh96% of SS9’s postcodes
- Mr Mark FrancoisConservativeMP for Rayleigh and Wickford1.6% of SS9’s postcodes
- Rebecca HarrisConservativeMP for Castle Point1.0% of SS9’s postcodes
- Mr Bayo AlabaIndependentMP for Southend East and Rochford1.0% of SS9’s postcodes
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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SS9 in brief
SS9 is a postcode district covering Leigh-on-Sea, Eastwood and The Birches, in Southend-on-Sea.
About 50,938 people lived in SS9 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £409,000 in 2025 across 864 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 49.6 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SS9 was £409,000 in 2025.
SS9 had 50,309 usual residents at the census.
In SS9, 97.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In SS9, 2.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.