SS7
Postcode districtPostcode district covering Thundersley, Hadleigh and South Benfleet, in Castle Point.
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 SS7 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in SS7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SS7 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SS7 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SS7 at a rate of 48.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 91.5 per 1,000 people across the SS postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 243 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SS7.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,044), other crime (395) and anti-social behaviour (259).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SS7 was 50.5 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 SS7, neighbourhood by neighbourhood
- Deprivation is ranked by neighbourhood, so SS7 has no single figure. Of its 32 neighbourhoods with a rank:
- Decile 3: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 4: 1 neighbourhood
- Decile 5: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 6: 2 neighbourhoods
- Decile 7: 7 neighbourhoods
- Decile 8: 11 neighbourhoods
- Decile 9: 8 neighbourhoods
English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Decile 1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods in England.
Neighbourhoods in SS7
| Name | People (census) | Recorded crime per 1,000 | Deprivation decile | Gigabit broadband |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Point 001A | 1,608 | 39.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 91.8% |
| Castle Point 001B | 1,537 | 29.4 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.0% |
| Castle Point 001C | 1,334 | 28.9 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.4% |
| Castle Point 001D | 1,665 | 73.0 per 1,000 | 5 | 55.2% |
| Castle Point 001E | 1,679 | 25.4 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.6% |
| Castle Point 002A | 1,409 | 31.0 per 1,000 | 6 | 95.5% |
| Castle Point 002B | 1,471 | 40.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.3% |
| Castle Point 002C | 1,995 | 25.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 86.8% |
| Castle Point 002D | 1,577 | 63.1 per 1,000 | 8 | 87.5% |
| Castle Point 002E | 1,500 | 94.9 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.2% |
| Castle Point 003A | 1,993 | 89.7 per 1,000 | 6 | 96.2% |
| Castle Point 003B | 1,511 | 31.3 per 1,000 | 8 | 98.7% |
| Castle Point 003C | 1,790 | 44.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.1% |
| Castle Point 003D | 1,332 | 37.0 per 1,000 | 8 | 93.7% |
| Castle Point 004A | 1,538 | 24.1 per 1,000 | 9 | 97.0% |
| Castle Point 004B | 1,642 | 28.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 75.8% |
| Castle Point 004C | 1,799 | 25.9 per 1,000 | 9 | 84.8% |
| Castle Point 004D | 1,522 | 45.5 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.3% |
| Castle Point 004E | 1,578 | 16.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 92.1% |
| Castle Point 005A | 1,663 | 26.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 93.4% |
| Castle Point 005B | 1,534 | 20.2 per 1,000 | 9 | 89.5% |
| Castle Point 005C | 1,463 | 36.2 per 1,000 | 8 | 90.4% |
| Castle Point 005D | 1,385 | 29.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 87.6% |
| Castle Point 006A | 1,526 | 87.2 per 1,000 | 7 | 99.1% |
| Castle Point 006B | 2,131 | 72.3 per 1,000 | 5 | 88.1% |
| Castle Point 006C | 1,533 | 83.7 per 1,000 | 7 | 93.8% |
| Castle Point 006D | 1,497 | 68.3 per 1,000 | 3 | 95.5% |
| Castle Point 007A | 1,749 | 78.6 per 1,000 | 9 | 96.9% |
| Castle Point 007B | 1,395 | 30.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 98.7% |
| Castle Point 007C | 1,872 | 89.1 per 1,000 | 4 | 93.4% |
| Castle Point 007D | 1,404 | 12.8 per 1,000 | 8 | 96.8% |
| Castle Point 007E | 1,627 | 59.5 per 1,000 | 7 | 97.7% |
Your MP
- Rebecca HarrisConservativeMP for Castle Point
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
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SS7 in brief
SS7 is a postcode district covering Thundersley, Hadleigh and South Benfleet, in Castle Point.
About 51,377 people lived in SS7 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); the median price paid for a home was £400,000 in 2025 across 865 sales (HM Land Registry) and police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 48.0 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
The median price paid for a home in SS7 was £400,000 in 2025.
SS7 had 50,629 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in SS7 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SS7, 91.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.