SS4
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Rochford and Ashingdon, in Rochford.
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 SS4 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in SS4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SS4 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SS4 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SS4 at a rate of 65.1 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 91.5 per 1,000 people across the SS postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 121 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SS4.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (705), other crime (247) and anti-social behaviour (161).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SS4 was 60.8 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 SS4, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SS4 has no single figure. Of its 14 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 1 (England’s most deprived 10%): 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 2: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 2 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SS4
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rochford 002A | 2,008 | 29.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.5% |
| Rochford 002B | 1,229 | 17.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 100.0% |
| Rochford 002C | 1,494 | 35.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.3% |
| Rochford 002D | 1,599 | 15.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.0% |
| Rochford 002E | 1,585 | 39.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.5% |
| Rochford 004A | 1,357 | 58.0 per 1,000 | 4 | 96.9% |
| Rochford 004B | 1,214 | 22.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 99.0% |
| Rochford 004C | 1,340 | 145.9 per 1,000 | 1 | 96.0% |
| Rochford 004D | 1,743 | 115.5 per 1,000 | 2 | 97.4% |
| Rochford 007A | 1,316 | 56.9 per 1,000 | 6 | 100.0% |
| Rochford 007B | 1,537 | 33.3 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.9% |
| Rochford 007C | 1,474 | 34.6 per 1,000 | 8 | 99.6% |
| Rochford 007D | 2,841 | 92.8 per 1,000 | 6 | 94.5% |
| Rochford 007E | 1,482 | 162.6 per 1,000 | 4 | 91.4% |
MPs for SS4
- Mr Bayo AlabaIndependentMP for Southend East and Rochford70% of SS4’s postcodes
- Mr Mark FrancoisConservativeMP for Rayleigh and Wickford30% of SS4’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 SS43
Postcode sectors in SS44
Council1
Towns in SS41
Postcode districts next to SS44
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SS postcode area2
SS4 in brief
SS4 is a postcode district covering Rochford and Ashingdon, in Rochford.
About 23,061 people lived in SS4 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £370,000 in 2025 across 395 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 65.1 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SS4 was £370,000 in 2025.
SS4 had 21,938 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in SS4 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SS4, 96.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.