SS17 postcode area guide — Basildon
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the SS17 postcode district in Basildon — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in SS17
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
96%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
82.5%
Gigabit-capable
82.5%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.6%
Broadband availability in the SS17 postcode district (Basildon) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 764 postcodes Ofcom measures in SS17, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 96% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 82.5%.
Around 0.6% of premises in SS17 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 SS17
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| SS17 0AA | 100% | 100% |
| SS17 0AB | 100% | 100% |
| SS17 0AD | 100% | 100% |
| SS17 0AE | 100% | 100% |
| SS17 0AF | 100% | 100% |
| SS17 0AG | 100% | 100% |
| SS17 0AH | 100% | 100% |
| SS17 0AJ | 100% | 100% |
| SS17 0AP | 100% | 100% |
| SS17 0AQ | 100% | 76.9% |
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Mobile signal around Basildon
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Basildon district (85,060 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
94.7%
4G outdoors — all networks
100%
5G outdoors — all networks
82.4%
Voice indoors — all networks
97.9%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in SS17
Police recorded 175 incidents within about a mile of the centre of SS17 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 65 | 37.1% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 22 | 12.6% |
| Shoplifting | 22 | 12.6% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 19 | 10.9% |
| Other theft | 11 | 6.3% |
| Burglary | 9 | 5.1% |
| Public order | 8 | 4.6% |
| Vehicle crime | 8 | 4.6% |
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 SS17
Based on 350 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in SS17 is £362,000, down 2.2% on the previous year (£370,000).
Detached
£550,000
37 sales
Semi-detached
£385,000
170 sales
Terraced
£340,000
98 sales
Flat / maisonette
£180,000
37 sales
Latest recorded sales in SS17
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 May 2026 | £285,000 | Terraced | Southend Road | SS17 0PQ |
| 14 May 2026 | £220,000 | Flat | Norton Close | SS17 7JW |
| 11 May 2026 | £315,000 | Terraced | Lyndhurst Road | SS17 7SP |
| 8 May 2026 | £355,000 | Terraced | Williamsons Way | SS17 7RT |
| 5 May 2026 | £335,000 | Terraced | Digby Road | SS17 9BS |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £480,000 | Semi-detached | Rectory Road | SS17 0DL |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £355,000 | Semi-detached | Alderman Walk | SS17 8DA |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £300,000 | Semi-detached | Hope Avenue | SS17 8DN |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £380,000 | Semi-detached | Brookfield Drive | SS17 0GF |
| 30 Apr 2026 | £350,000 | Detached | High Road | SS17 8LN |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Basildon demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Basildon district (187,571 residents, 76,363 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20.7% |
| 15–29 | 23.4% |
| 30–44 | 19.8% |
| 45–64 | 19.1% |
| 65+ | 17% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 63.3% |
| Private rented | 14.4% |
| Social rented | 7.4% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around SS17
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Clere's School | Secondary | 11–19 | 1,460 | SS17 0NW |
| Mossbourne Fobbing Academy | Secondary | 11–18 | 859 | SS17 8JT |
| Graham James Primary Academy | Primary | 2–11 | 461 | SS17 7ES |
| Mossbourne Port Side Academy | Secondary | 11–16 | 443 | SS17 0NS |
| Mossbourne Herd Lane Academy | Primary | 2–11 | 440 | SS17 9BH |
| Stanford-Le-Hope Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 438 | SS17 0DF |
| Abbots Hall Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 437 | SS17 7BW |
| Giffards Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 412 | SS17 7TG |
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 SS17
152 rated food businesses operate in SS17. 83 hold the top rating of 5, 43 are rated 4, and none are currently rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Ace Craft, Aleisha's Bakes, Angel Hill Food Company, Arthur Bugler Primary School, Ash 10 (STR Food And Wine).
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in SS17
From a sample of 174 Energy Performance Certificates across 12 SS17 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 30% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
2%
Band C
28%
Band D
49%
Band E
18%
Band F
2%
Band G
1%
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 Basildon
Landlines around SS17 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.