Schools
40 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 7 secondary schools. Southchurch High School is the nearest published school at 488 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SS1 3QW
Southchurch · Southend-on-Sea · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Southchurch
- Local authority
- Southend-on-Sea
- Constituency
- Southend East and Rochford
- Postcode district
- SS1
- Postcode sector
- SS1 3
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SS1 3QW
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1992
- Terminated
- 1 December 1994
- Postcode area
- SS
- Postcode district
- SS1
- Postcode sector
- SS1 3
- Latitude
- 51.541375
- Longitude
- 0.757272
- British National Grid easting
- 591,300
- British National Grid northing
- 186,100
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Southend-on-Sea · E06000033
- Electoral ward
- Southchurch · E05002223
- Parish or community
- E43000028
- Westminster constituency
- Southend East and Rochford · E14001501
- Output area
- E00080331
- Lower layer super output area
- Southend-on-Sea 009A · E01015883
- Middle layer super output area
- Southend-on-Sea 009 · E02003287
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore SS1
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 40
- Primary
- 23
- Secondary
- 7
- 488 m
Southchurch High School
Academy sponsor led
- 616 m
Bournes Green Junior School
Academy converter
- 693 m
Thorpe Hall School
Other independent school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,566
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 777
- Anti social behaviour 159
- Vehicle crime 124
- Criminal damage and arson 119
- Other theft 107
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- SS1 3 residents
- 9,010
Age bands in SS1 3
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 13.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 8.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 16.1%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.5%
- Age 65 and over
- 34.6%
1,147 residents
763 residents
1,419 residents
2,418 residents
3,042 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
GP practices
18
within 5 km straight-line
SOUTHEND COASTAL SURGERIES - THORPE BAY
99 TYRONE ROAD, THORPE BAY, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS1 3HD
ODS code F81121
755 m
CENTRAL SURGERY - SOUTHCHURCH BLVD
27 SOUTHCHURCH BOULEVARD, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS2 4UB
ODS code F81086
1.2 km
NORTH AVENUE SURGERY
332 NORTH AVENUE, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS2 4EQ
ODS code F81176
1.6 km
THE PRACTICE NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE
32 NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, SOUTHEND ON SEA, SS1 2TH
ODS code Y02177
2.1 km
ST LUKE'S HEALTH CENTRE
PANTILE AVENUE, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS2 4BD
ODS code Y02707
2.2 km
DR KUMAR & PTNR - SHOEBURY HC
SHOEBURY HEALTH CENTRE, CAMPFIELD ROAD, SHOEBURYNESS, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS3 9BX
ODS code F81613
2.5 km
SHOEBURY PRACTICE
SHOEBURY HEALTH CENTRE, CAMPFIELD ROAD, SHOEBURYNESS, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS3 9BX
ODS code F81649
2.5 km
WARRIOR SQUARE SURGERY
61 WARRIOR SQUARE, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS1 2JJ
ODS code F81656
2.8 km
WAKERING MEDICAL CTR.
274 HIGH STREET, GREAT WAKERING, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS3 0HX
ODS code F81089
2.9 km
THE QUEENSWAY SURGERY
QUEENSWAY SURGERY, 75 QUEENSWAY, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS1 2AB
ODS code F81081
3.0 km
SOUTHEND MEDICAL CENTRE
50-52 LONDON ROAD, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS1 1NX
ODS code F81159
3.4 km
SAS MID AND SOUTH ESSEX STP
SUITE 7, SKYLINE PLAZA, VICTORIA AVENUE, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS2 6BB
ODS code Y06389
3.4 km
DR F KHAN CARNAVON ROAD SURGERY
CARNARVON ROAD SURGERY, 1ST FLOOR, 183-195 NORTH ROAD, WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, SS0 7AF
ODS code F81003
3.9 km
DR NAVIN KUMAR
183-195 NORTH ROAD, WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, SS0 7AF
ODS code F81147
3.9 km
WEST ROAD SURGERY
NORTH ROAD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 183-195 NORTH ROAD, WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, SS0 7AF
ODS code F81164
3.9 km
DR SOORIAKUMARAN
3 PRINCE AVENUE, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS2 6RL
ODS code F81092
4.5 km
THE VALKYRIE SURGERY
VALKYRIE ROAD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 50 VALKYRIE ROAD, WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, SS0 8BU
ODS code F81097
4.6 km
WESTCLIFF MEDICAL CENTRE
GROUND FLOOR, VALKYRIE PCC, 50 VALKYRIE ROAD, WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, SS0 8BU
ODS code F81207
4.6 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Thorpe Hall Close
BCT · Thorpe Bay
- 0.1 miles
Burlescoombe Road
BCT · Thorpe Bay
- 0.2 miles
Bournes Green Roundabout
BCT · Bournes Green
- 0.2 miles
LA Fitness
BCT · Bournes Green
- 0.2 miles
LA Fitness
BCT · Bournes Green
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Southend-on-Sea 009A, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
10 of 10
Overall England rank
30,999 of 33,755
- Income
- 9 of 10
- Employment
- 9 of 10
- Education and skills
- 8 of 10
- Health and disability
- 9 of 10
- Crime
- 9 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 6 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,566 published events cover 12 months, averaging 130.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 777 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.