SS4 postcode area guide — Rochford
House prices, crime, broadband speeds, mobile signal, schools and demographics for the SS4 postcode district in Rochford — every official dataset on one page.
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Broadband & internet speeds in SS4
Excellent coverage
Superfast (30Mb+)
96%
Ultrafast (300Mb+)
84.5%
Gigabit-capable
84.3%
Below USO (10Mb)
0.1%
Broadband availability in the SS4 postcode district (Rochford) is Excellent — gigabit-capable full fibre is widely available. Across the 547 postcodes Ofcom measures in SS4, superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or faster) reaches 96% of premises and gigabit-capable lines are available to 84.3%.
Around 0.1% of premises in SS4 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 SS4
| Postcode | Superfast | Gigabit |
|---|---|---|
| SS4 1AA | 100% | 100% |
| SS4 1AB | 100% | 100% |
| SS4 1AD | 100% | 100% |
| SS4 1AE | 100% | 90.9% |
| SS4 1AF | 100% | 100% |
| SS4 1AG | 100% | 100% |
| SS4 1AH | 100% | 100% |
| SS4 1AJ | 100% | 96.4% |
| SS4 1AL | 100% | 100% |
| SS4 1AP | 100% | 0% |
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Mobile signal around Rochford
Ofcom's coverage model for the wider Rochford district (39,803 premises):
4G indoors — all networks
91.7%
4G outdoors — all networks
99.6%
5G outdoors — all networks
52.2%
Voice indoors — all networks
94.6%
Signal varies street by street — use the mobile coverage checker to compare EE, O2, Three and Vodafone at an exact postcode.
Crime in SS4
Police recorded 87 incidents within about a mile of the centre of SS4 in May 2026 (latest published street-level data). The breakdown:
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | 47 | 54.0% |
| Other crime | 9 | 10.3% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 8 | 9.2% |
| Other theft | 7 | 8.0% |
| Drugs | 5 | 5.7% |
| Public order | 3 | 3.4% |
| Criminal damage & arson | 2 | 2.3% |
| Shoplifting | 2 | 2.3% |
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 SS4
Based on 235 sales registered with HM Land Registry in the last 12 months, the median sold price in SS4 is £360,000, down 2.7% on the previous year (£370,000).
Detached
£517,500
56 sales
Semi-detached
£360,000
112 sales
Terraced
£315,000
25 sales
Flat / maisonette
£168,500
35 sales
Latest recorded sales in SS4
| Date | Price | Type | Street | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 May 2026 | £365,000 | Terraced | Pollards Close | SS4 1GF |
| 15 May 2026 | £100,000 | Flat | Lesney Gardens | SS4 1TY |
| 7 May 2026 | £268,000 | Terraced | Adams Glade | SS4 3LA |
| 6 May 2026 | £355,000 | Terraced | William Gardens | SS4 1FW |
| 1 May 2026 | £295,000 | Semi-detached | Johnson Close | SS4 1TP |
| 27 Apr 2026 | £555,000 | Detached | Spindle Beams | SS4 1EH |
| 27 Apr 2026 | £375,000 | Semi-detached | Wheatley Close | SS4 1SR |
| 22 Apr 2026 | £330,000 | Semi-detached | Central Avenue | SS4 3BQ |
| 21 Apr 2026 | £335,000 | Semi-detached | Eastbury Avenue | SS4 1SE |
| 21 Apr 2026 | £1,450,000 | Other | Purdeys Way | SS4 1ND |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Who lives here? Rochford demographics
Census 2021 figures for the wider Rochford district (85,661 residents, 35,558 households):
| Age profile | |
|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17.5% |
| 15–29 | 19.7% |
| 30–44 | 18.1% |
| 45–64 | 21.4% |
| 65+ | 23.4% |
| Housing tenure | |
|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 80.6% |
| Private rented | 10.7% |
| Social rented | 7.1% |
Source: ONS Census 2021 (district level — the finest openly licensed cut we republish). © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Schools in and around SS4
| School | Phase | Ages | Pupils | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The King Edmund School | Secondary | 11–19 | 1,318 | SS4 1TL |
| Holt Farm Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 296 | SS4 1RS |
| Rochford Primary and Nursery School | Primary | 3–11 | 239 | SS4 1NJ |
| Holt Farm Infant School | Primary | 4–7 | 211 | SS4 1RS |
| Lift Ashingdon | Primary | 5–11 | 206 | SS4 3LN |
| St Teresa's Catholic Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 196 | SS4 1RF |
| Canewdon Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 90 | SS4 3QA |
| Stambridge Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 82 | SS4 2AP |
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 SS4
125 rated food businesses operate in SS4. 87 hold the top rating of 5, 15 are rated 4, and 4 are rated 2 or below.
Among the 5-rated: Anchor Inn, Anne Boleyn, Apton Hall Events Ltd, Ashingdon News & Mace, Ashingdon Post Office.
Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings (FHRS) open data.
Energy performance (EPC) in SS4
From a sample of 177 Energy Performance Certificates across 9 SS4 postcodes, the most common rating is band D (average band D). 44% of sampled homes are rated C or better.
Band B
4%
Band C
40%
Band D
41%
Band E
11%
Band F
3%
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 Rochford
Landlines around SS4 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.