SS0
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Southend-on-Sea, Westcliff-on-Sea and Chalkwell, 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 SS0 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in SS0 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SS0 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SS0 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SS0 at a rate of 106.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 91.5 per 1,000 people across the SS postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 477 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SS0.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,047), other crime (746) and shoplifting (530).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SS0 was 103.1 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 SS0, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SS0 has no single figure. Of its 27 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 2: 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 9 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SS0
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southend-on-Sea 002F | 1,696 | 75.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.3% |
| Southend-on-Sea 004A | 1,625 | 30.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.4% |
| Southend-on-Sea 004B | 1,836 | 138.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| Southend-on-Sea 004C | 1,929 | 67.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.1% |
| Southend-on-Sea 004D | 1,575 | 79.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 100.0% |
| Southend-on-Sea 004F | 1,742 | 102.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
| Southend-on-Sea 005C | 1,269 | 83.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.8% |
| Southend-on-Sea 005D | 1,732 | 33.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.7% |
| Southend-on-Sea 005E | 1,583 | 69.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Southend-on-Sea 007A | 1,621 | 66.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.3% |
| Southend-on-Sea 007B | 1,665 | 97.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.6% |
| Southend-on-Sea 007C | 1,623 | 21.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Southend-on-Sea 007D | 1,756 | 111.8 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.6% |
| Southend-on-Sea 007E | 1,490 | 27.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.7% |
| Southend-on-Sea 007F | 1,530 | 20.2 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| Southend-on-Sea 007G | 1,599 | 37.1 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.1% |
| Southend-on-Sea 010B | 1,940 | 302.6 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.0% |
| Southend-on-Sea 010F | 1,733 | 146.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 98.6% |
| Southend-on-Sea 012A | 1,707 | 64.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.8% |
| Southend-on-Sea 012B | 1,759 | 135.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.5% |
| Southend-on-Sea 012D | 1,557 | 35.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 85.2% |
| Southend-on-Sea 012E | 1,729 | 177.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 97.6% |
| Southend-on-Sea 012F | 1,616 | 364.6 per 1,000 | 6 | 97.8% |
| Southend-on-Sea 015A | 1,633 | 232.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.1% |
| Southend-on-Sea 015C | 1,828 | 123.4 per 1,000 | 4 | 98.5% |
| Southend-on-Sea 015E | 2,087 | 154.8 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.2% |
| Southend-on-Sea 015F | 1,844 | 96.0 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.5% |
MPs for SS0
- David Burton-SampsonLabourMP for Southend West and Leigh75% of SS0’s postcodes
- Mr Bayo AlabaIndependentMP for Southend East and Rochford25% of SS0’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.
Middle areas in SS04
Postcode sectors in SS04
Council1
Towns in SS01
Postcode districts next to SS03
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SS postcode area2
SS0 in brief
SS0 is a postcode district covering Southend-on-Sea, Westcliff-on-Sea and Chalkwell, in Southend-on-Sea.
About 44,831 people lived in SS0 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £315,000 in 2025 across 562 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 106.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SS0 was £315,000 in 2025.
SS0 had 43,443 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in SS0 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SS0, 98.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.