SS2
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Southend-on-Sea, Prittlewell and Southchurch, 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 SS2 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in SS2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SS2 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SS2 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SS2 at a rate of 127.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 91.5 per 1,000 people across the SS postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 503 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SS2.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (2,077), other crime (780) and anti-social behaviour (651).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SS2 was 115.9 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 SS2, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SS2 has no single figure. Of its 22 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 5 neighbourhoods
- Decile 2: 4 neighbourhoods
- Decile 3: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 5: 6 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 1 neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SS2
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southend-on-Sea 002A | 2,367 | 55.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 93.4% |
| Southend-on-Sea 002C | 1,458 | 72.1 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.9% |
| Southend-on-Sea 002D | 2,144 | 58.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.6% |
| Southend-on-Sea 002E | 1,472 | 129.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.6% |
| Southend-on-Sea 004E | 1,979 | 216.4 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.6% |
| Southend-on-Sea 006A | 1,647 | 49.8 per 1,000 | 4 | 100.0% |
| Southend-on-Sea 006B | 1,631 | 76.2 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.9% |
| Southend-on-Sea 006C | 1,633 | 168.1 per 1,000 | 5 | 99.6% |
| Southend-on-Sea 006D | 1,657 | 22.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Southend-on-Sea 006E | 1,249 | 71.9 per 1,000 | 5 | 100.0% |
| Southend-on-Sea 006F | 1,747 | 152.5 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.6% |
| Southend-on-Sea 006G | 1,644 | 113.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 98.3% |
| Southend-on-Sea 009B | 2,347 | 118.3 per 1,000 | 4 | 97.8% |
| Southend-on-Sea 009D | 1,537 | 160.5 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Southend-on-Sea 009E | 1,601 | 134.3 per 1,000 | 1 | 99.5% |
| Southend-on-Sea 009F | 1,499 | 70.4 per 1,000 | 5 | 98.8% |
| Southend-on-Sea 010C | 2,043 | 145.2 per 1,000 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Southend-on-Sea 010D | 1,911 | 137.7 per 1,000 | 2 | 99.9% |
| Southend-on-Sea 010E | 2,080 | 125.1 per 1,000 | 2 | 96.1% |
| Southend-on-Sea 010G | 1,565 | 445.7 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.8% |
| Southend-on-Sea 010H | 1,736 | 486.0 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.6% |
| Southend-on-Sea 014E | 1,693 | 138.5 per 1,000 | 3 | 99.9% |
MPs for SS2
- David Burton-SampsonLabourMP for Southend West and Leigh54% of SS2’s postcodes
- Mr Bayo AlabaIndependentMP for Southend East and Rochford46% of SS2’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 SS24
Postcode sectors in SS23
Council1
Towns in SS21
Postcode districts next to SS26
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SS postcode area2
SS2 in brief
SS2 is a postcode district covering Southend-on-Sea, Prittlewell and Southchurch, in Southend-on-Sea.
About 39,394 people lived in SS2 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £316,000 in 2025 across 518 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 127.9 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SS2 was £316,000 in 2025.
SS2 had 37,833 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in SS2 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SS2, 98.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.