SS1 postcode area guide — Southend-on-Sea
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the SS1 postcode district in Southend-on-Sea — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in SS1
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
97.4%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
94.1%
Gigabit-capable
93.6%
Below USO (10Mb)
0%
Broadband availability in the SS1 postcode district (Southend-on-Sea) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 607 postcodes Ofcom measures in SS1, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 97.4% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 93.6%.
Around 0% of premises in SS1 fall below the Universal Service Obligation (a minimum of 10 Mbit/s download and 1 Mbit/s upload), so the overwhelming majority of homes and businesses here can already order a decent fixed line. For a business that depends on its connection, the figures that matter most are gigabit and full-fibre availability — the symmetric, low-contention services we quote leased lines and FTTP against.
Sample postcodes in SS1
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| SS1 1AA | 0% | 0% |
| SS1 1AB | 70.6% | 70.6% |
| SS1 1AH | 0% | 0% |
| SS1 1AJ | 90% | 90% |
| SS1 1AL | 75% | 75% |
| SS1 1AN | 84% | 84% |
| SS1 1AS | 100% | 100% |
| SS1 1AT | 100% | 100% |
| SS1 1AU | 100% | 100% |
| SS1 1BD | 100% | 100% |
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Mobile signal around Southend-on-Sea
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Southend-on-sea district (87,764 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
96.8%
4G outdoors — all networks
100%
5G outdoors — all networks
60.4%
Voice indoors — all networks
99.5%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in SS1
Police recorded 881 incidents within about a mile of the centre of SS1 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 386 | 43.8% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 120 | 13.6% |
| Drugs | 72 | 8.2% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 59 | 6.7% |
| Shoplifting | 53 | 6.0% |
| Public order | 51 | 5.8% |
| Other theft | 45 | 5.1% |
| Other crime | 23 | 2.6% |
Raw counts favour busy town centres — a high street with shops and nightlife records more incidents than a residential cul-de-sac. Source: police.uk open data (point sample around the district centroid).
House prices in SS1
Based on 327 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in SS1 is £310,500, up 4.2% on the previous year (£298,000).
Detached
£687,500
59 sales
Semi-detached
£450,000
50 sales
Terraced
£302,500
68 sales
Flat / maisonette
£195,000
126 sales
Latest recorded sales in SS1
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 May 2026 | £725,000 | Detached | Ladram Close | SS1 3PU |
| 21 May 2026 | £64,825 | Flat | Whitegate Road | SS1 2LH |
| 20 May 2026 | £190,000 | Flat | Station Road | SS1 3LU |
| 18 May 2026 | £655,000 | Detached | Wyatts Drive | SS1 3DG |
| 18 May 2026 | £250,000 | Flat | Western Esplanade | SS1 1FU |
| 13 May 2026 | £227,000 | Flat | Belle Vue Avenue | SS1 2QZ |
| 6 May 2026 | £250,000 | Terraced | Southchurch Road | SS1 2NW |
| 1 May 2026 | £250,000 | Flat | Barnstaple Road | SS1 3QH |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £915,000 | Detached | Dungannon Drive | SS1 3NH |
| 29 Apr 2026 | £149,000 | Flat | Thorpe Hall Avenue | SS1 3BT |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Southend-on-Sea demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Southend-on-Sea district (180,686 residents, 78,344 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% |
| 15–29 | 22% |
| 30–44 | 20.3% |
| 45–64 | 19.6% |
| 65+ | 19.1% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 61.3% |
| Private rented | 26.6% |
| Social rented | 5.4% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around SS1
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenways Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 856 | SS1 3BS |
| Thorpe Hall School | Not applicable | 2–16 | 600 | SS1 3RD |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 440 | SS1 2RF |
| Porters Grange Primary School and Nursery | Primary | 3–11 | 431 | SS1 2NS |
| Bournes Green Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 264 | SS1 3PX |
| Bournes Green Infant School | Primary | 2–7 | 193 | SS1 3PS |
| South Essex College of Further and Higher Education | 16 plus | 16–99 | — | SS1 1ND |
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools (England & Wales). Check Ofsted report cards for inspection detail — headline one-word grades were retired in 2024.
Food hygiene ratings in SS1
394 rated food businesses operate in SS1. 247 hold the top rating of 5, 55 are rated 4, and 18 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: 140 Eastern Esplanade Cafe, Abbottswood Lodge, Adventure Inside Cafe, Aloha Lounge, AM To PM.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in SS1
From a sample of 247 Energy Performance Certificates across 11 SS1 postcodes, the most common rating is band C (average band D). 49% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
15%
Band C
34%
Band D
32%
Band E
16%
Band F
2%
Source: MHCLG Energy Performance of Buildings Data (England & Wales), sampled at postcode level and refreshed monthly. Individual certificates are on each postcode’s page.
Phone area codes for Southend-on-Sea
Landlines around SS1 typically use:
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Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, police.uk street-level crime, Ofcom Connected Nations, ONS Census 2021, DfE Get Information about Schools, Food Standards Agency FHRS — all © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are area aggregates; individual addresses vary. Energy performance (EPC) data will be added when our Open Data Communities registration is approved.