SS6
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Rayleigh and The Birches, 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 SS6 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in SS6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SS6 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SS6 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SS6 at a rate of 53.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 91.5 per 1,000 people across the SS postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 162 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SS6.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (779), other crime (262) and anti-social behaviour (228).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SS6 was 48.7 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 SS6, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SS6 has no single figure. Of its 20 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 4: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 7: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 9: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 10 (England’s least deprived 10%): 7 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SS6
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rochford 005A | 1,484 | 23.4 per 1,000 | 10 | 93.1% |
| Rochford 005B | 1,342 | 28.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 81.6% |
| Rochford 005C | 1,667 | 41.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 84.7% |
| Rochford 005D | 2,039 | 24.9 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.4% |
| Rochford 005E | 1,593 | 35.0 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.1% |
| Rochford 006A | 2,193 | 84.3 per 1,000 | 6 | 75.6% |
| Rochford 006B | 2,087 | 43.0 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.1% |
| Rochford 006C | 1,710 | 47.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 24.1% |
| Rochford 006D | 1,229 | 61.5 per 1,000 | 10 | 78.6% |
| Rochford 006E | 1,642 | 53.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 87.8% |
| Rochford 008A | 1,445 | 44.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.9% |
| Rochford 008B | 1,273 | 22.8 per 1,000 | 9 | 99.6% |
| Rochford 008C | 1,238 | 239.2 per 1,000 | 4 | 74.2% |
| Rochford 008D | 1,374 | 37.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 99.7% |
| Rochford 008E | 1,611 | 61.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.7% |
| Rochford 008F | 1,750 | 124.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 82.3% |
| Rochford 009B | 1,232 | 34.3 per 1,000 | 9 | 75.1% |
| Rochford 009C | 1,283 | 10.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 78.9% |
| Rochford 009D | 1,477 | 22.5 per 1,000 | 9 | 90.1% |
| Rochford 009E | 2,340 | 46.7 per 1,000 | 10 | 88.3% |
MPs for SS6
- Mr Mark FrancoisConservativeMP for Rayleigh and Wickford98% of SS6’s postcodes
- Rebecca HarrisConservativeMP for Castle Point1.6% of SS6’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 SS64
Postcode sectors in SS64
Council1
Towns in SS61
Postcode districts next to SS65
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SS postcode area2
SS6 in brief
SS6 is a postcode district covering Rayleigh and The Birches, in Rochford.
About 33,575 people lived in SS6 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £422,000 in 2025 across 561 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 53.7 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SS6 was £422,000 in 2025.
SS6 had 32,382 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in SS6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SS6, 83.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.