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Shoeburyness

Ward

East Southend-on-Sea. About 11,724 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.8 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Shoeburyness live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
11,672
1,717th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
98.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
4.2%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Shoeburyness compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

ShoeburynessMiddle
Population17 wards, Southend-on-Sea · 2021
Population: every ward in Southend-on-Sea17 areas from 9,117 to 13,007. The middle area is 10,582. Shoeburyness is 11,672.
11,6724th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares17 wards, Southend-on-Sea · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Southend-on-Sea17 areas from 0.0% to 0.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Shoeburyness is 0.0%.
0%
Gigabit broadband coverage17 wards, Southend-on-Sea · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Southend-on-Sea17 areas from 95.9% to 99.6%. The middle area is 99.0%. Shoeburyness is 98.3%.
98.3%joint 6th lowest
Claimant rate17 wards, Southend-on-Sea · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Southend-on-Sea17 areas from 1.4% to 8.4%. The middle area is 3.6%. Shoeburyness is 4.2%.
4.2%6th highest

Is Shoeburyness safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Shoeburyness at a rate of 88.9 per 1,000 people.

That compares with 114.8 per 1,000 people across Southend-on-Sea.

Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.

In August 2026 alone, 118 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Shoeburyness.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (437), anti-social behaviour (171) and other crime (133).

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.

Figures for the whole of Southend-on-Sea

These figures are published for the whole of Southend-on-Sea, not for each ward, so they describe all of Southend-on-Sea and not Shoeburyness alone. See Southend-on-Sea

Average house price
£326,132
No change in a year
HM Land Registry · Aug 2026
Median full-time pay
£41,554
106th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
7.8×
Joint 140th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
24.0
Joint 89th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Shoeburyness in brief

Shoeburyness had 11,672 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Shoeburyness live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Shoeburyness, 98.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Shoeburyness, 4.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.