Property market
The five-year median is £289,995 from 1 recorded sale in SS3 8BE. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.
The latest UK House Price Index average for Southend-on-Sea is £325,586 in June 2026, up 3.7% year on year.
SS3 8BE
West Shoebury · Southend-on-Sea · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Southend-On-Sea
- Ward
- West Shoebury
- Local authority
- Southend-on-Sea
- Constituency
- Southend East and Rochford
- Postcode district
- SS3
- Postcode sector
- SS3 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SS3 8BE
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 October 1984
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- SS
- Postcode district
- SS3
- Postcode sector
- SS3 8
- Latitude
- 51.536545
- Longitude
- 0.779752
- British National Grid easting
- 592,879
- British National Grid northing
- 185,622
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Southend-on-Sea · E06000033
- Electoral ward
- West Shoebury · E05002228
- Parish or community
- E43000028
- Westminster constituency
- Southend East and Rochford · E14001501
- Output area
- E00080487
- Lower layer super output area
- Southend-on-Sea 017B · E01015915
- Middle layer super output area
- Southend-on-Sea 017 · E02003295
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 SS3
Property
22 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 12, Rackenford, Shoeburyness, Southend-On-Sea, SS3 8BE | 28 January 2022 | £289,995 |
| 15, Rackenford, Shoeburyness, Southend-On-Sea, SS3 8BE | 4 October 2016 | £428,000 |
| 12, Rackenford, Shoeburyness, Southend-On-Sea, SS3 8BE | 20 May 2015 | £185,000 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 26
- Primary
- 16
- Secondary
- 4
- 422 m
St George's Catholic Primary School
Academy converter
- 489 m
Shoeburyness High School
Academy converter
- 615 m
Richmond Avenue Primary and Nursery School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,996
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 948
- Anti social behaviour 228
- Vehicle crime 159
- Criminal damage and arson 138
- Other theft 114
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 36
- Postcode households
- 14
- Residents per household
- 2.6
- SS3 8 residents
- 5,293
17 female, 19 male
Age bands in SS3 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.2%
- Age 25 to 44
- 24%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.6%
- Age 65 and over
- 20.3%
998 residents
566 residents
1,331 residents
1,532 residents
1,125 residents
This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SS3 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.
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.
Fixed broadband coverage
Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.
- Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
- 0%
- Next Generation Access
- 100%
- Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
- 0%
Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
GP practices
11
within 5 km
DR KUMAR & PTNR - SHOEBURY HC
SHOEBURY HEALTH CENTRE, CAMPFIELD ROAD, SHOEBURYNESS, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS3 9BX
ODS code F81613
916 m
SHOEBURY PRACTICE
SHOEBURY HEALTH CENTRE, CAMPFIELD ROAD, SHOEBURYNESS, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS3 9BX
ODS code F81649
916 m
SOUTHEND COASTAL SURGERIES - THORPE BAY
99 TYRONE ROAD, THORPE BAY, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS1 3HD
ODS code F81121
1.5 km
WAKERING MEDICAL CTR.
274 HIGH STREET, GREAT WAKERING, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS3 0HX
ODS code F81089
2.1 km
CENTRAL SURGERY - SOUTHCHURCH BLVD
27 SOUTHCHURCH BOULEVARD, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS2 4UB
ODS code F81086
2.9 km
NORTH AVENUE SURGERY
332 NORTH AVENUE, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS2 4EQ
ODS code F81176
3.3 km
THE PRACTICE NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE
32 NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, SOUTHEND ON SEA, SS1 2TH
ODS code Y02177
3.4 km
ST LUKE'S HEALTH CENTRE
PANTILE AVENUE, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS2 4BD
ODS code Y02707
3.9 km
WARRIOR SQUARE SURGERY
61 WARRIOR SQUARE, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS1 2JJ
ODS code F81656
4.4 km
THE QUEENSWAY SURGERY
QUEENSWAY SURGERY, 75 QUEENSWAY, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS1 2AB
ODS code F81081
4.6 km
SOUTHEND MEDICAL CENTRE
50-52 LONDON ROAD, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS1 1NX
ODS code F81159
5.0 km
Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.
Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Shoebury Park
BCT · North Shoebury
- 0.0 miles
Shoebury Park
BCT · North Shoebury
- 0.2 miles
Shoebury Sports Centre
BCT · Shoeburyness
- 0.2 miles
Shoebury Sports Centre
BCT · Shoeburyness
- 0.2 miles
West Road
BCT · Shoeburyness
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Southend-on-Sea 017B, 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
8 of 10
Overall England rank
24,671 of 33,755
- Income
- 7 of 10
- Employment
- 7 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 6 of 10
- Crime
- 9 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 of 10
- Living environment
- 7 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.
Flood risk
Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.
- High risk addresses
- 0
- Medium risk addresses
- 0
- Low risk addresses
- 0
- Groundwater flood alert area
- Unlikely
Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.
Evidence in context
Schools
26 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 4 secondary schools. St George's Catholic Primary School is the nearest published school at 422 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
Recorded crime
1,996 published events cover 12 months, averaging 166.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 948 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.