SS5
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Hockley, Hawkwell and Hullbridge, 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 SS5 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in SS5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SS5 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SS5 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SS5 at a rate of 35.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 91.5 per 1,000 people across the SS postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 96 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SS5.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (383), anti-social behaviour (128) and other crime (125).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SS5 was 33.0 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 SS5, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SS5 has no single figure. Of its 13 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 8: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 3 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 6 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SS5
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rochford 001A | 1,652 | 39.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 75.5% |
| Rochford 001B | 1,667 | 61.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 94.4% |
| Rochford 001C | 1,673 | 31.7 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.1% |
| Rochford 001D | 1,600 | 44.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.9% |
| Rochford 011A | 1,994 | 24.3 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.3% |
| Rochford 011B | 1,520 | 23.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 98.7% |
| Rochford 011C | 2,316 | 29.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 92.6% |
| Rochford 011D | 1,677 | 11.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.3% |
| Rochford 012A | 1,580 | 63.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 98.5% |
| Rochford 012B | 1,663 | 31.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.8% |
| Rochford 012C | 1,311 | 33.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.8% |
| Rochford 012D | 1,364 | 42.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 96.4% |
| Rochford 012E | 2,002 | 33.7 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.3% |
MPs for SS5
- Mr Mark FrancoisConservativeMP for Rayleigh and Wickford99% of SS5’s postcodes
- Mr Bayo AlabaIndependentMP for Southend East and Rochford0.7% of SS5’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 SS53
Postcode sectors in SS54
Council1
Towns in SS51
Postcode districts next to SS53
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SS postcode area2
SS5 in brief
SS5 is a postcode district covering Hockley, Hawkwell and Hullbridge, in Rochford.
About 23,883 people lived in SS5 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £449,586 in 2025 across 406 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 35.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SS5 was £449,586 in 2025.
SS5 had 22,783 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in SS5 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SS5, 93.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.