SS99
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 SS99 postcode. How census figures are added up
Radon Affected Area by postcode district
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in SS99 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How SS99 compares
Each dot is a postcode district. The black line marks the middle one.
Is SS99 safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in SS99 at a rate of 130.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 91.5 per 1,000 people across the SS postcode area.
In August 2026 alone, 8 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in SS99.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (19), criminal damage and arson (15) and shoplifting (13).
A year earlier, the recorded crime rate in SS99 was 108.5 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.
MPs for SS99
- David Burton-SampsonLabourMP for Southend West and Leigh61% of SS99’s postcodes
- Mr Bayo AlabaIndependentMP for Southend East and Rochford39% of SS99’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.
Postcode sectors in SS995
Council1
Postcode districts next to SS992
Nearest rail stations4
More in the SS postcode area2
SS99 in brief
SS99 is a postcode district covering Southend-on-Sea, Prittlewell and Southchurch, in Southend-on-Sea.
About 590 people lived in SS99 in mid-2024 (worked out by Open Index from ONS small-area estimates); police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour at a rate of 130.5 per 1,000 people in the 12 months to August 2026 (police.uk).
SS99 had 567 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in SS99 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In SS99, 56.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
73.9% of residents in SS99 were aged 15 to 64 at the census.