Schools
27 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 6 secondary schools. The King Edmund School is the nearest published school at 298 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SS4 1FA
Hawkwell East · Rochford · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Hawkwell East
- Local authority
- Rochford
- Constituency
- Rayleigh and Wickford
- Postcode district
- SS4
- Postcode sector
- SS4 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SS4 1FA
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 December 2014
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- SS
- Postcode district
- SS4
- Postcode sector
- SS4 1
- Latitude
- 51.595438
- Longitude
- 0.696922
- British National Grid easting
- 586,894
- British National Grid northing
- 191,955
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Rochford · E07000075
- Electoral ward
- Hawkwell East · E05010846
- Parish or community
- E04004079
- Westminster constituency
- Rayleigh and Wickford · E14001437
- Output area
- E00111395
- Lower layer super output area
- Rochford 007B · E01021932
- Middle layer super output area
- Rochford 007 · E02004569
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 SS4
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 27
- Primary
- 17
- Secondary
- 6
- 298 m
The King Edmund School
Academy converter
- 491 m
Holt Farm Infant School
Community school
- 549 m
Holt Farm Junior School
Academy sponsor led
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 963
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 512
- Anti social behaviour 79
- Criminal damage and arson 77
- Other theft 69
- Public order 58
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- SS4 1 residents
- 12,678
Age bands in SS4 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 26.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.9%
- Age 65 and over
- 19.1%
2,325 residents
1,338 residents
3,428 residents
3,328 residents
2,453 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.
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
10
within 5 km
ASHINGDON MEDICAL CENTRE
57 LASCELLES GARDENS, ASHINGDON, ROCHFORD, SS4 3BW
ODS code F81690
751 m
THE PRACTICE LEECON WAY
1 LEECON WAY, ASHINGTON GARDENS, ROCHFORD, SS4 1TU
ODS code F81675
821 m
DR PUZEY,DR KOTHARI AND DR NANDA
THE PUZEY FAMILY PRACTICE, SOUTHWELL HOUSE, BACK LANE, ROCHFORD, SS4 1AY
ODS code F81007
1.6 km
THE GREENSWARD SURGERY
GREENSWARD LANE, HOCKLEY, SS5 5HQ
ODS code F81066
2.4 km
CHURCH VIEW SURGERY
THE JONES FAMILY PRACTICE, 55 SOUTHEND ROAD, HOCKLEY, SS5 4PZ
ODS code F81125
2.9 km
SCOTT PARK SURGERY
205 WESTERN APPROACHES, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS2 6XY
ODS code F81744
3.3 km
DR KRISHNAN & PTNR - KENT ELMS HC
KENT ELMS HEALTH CENTRE, 1 RAYLEIGH ROAD, EASTWOOD, LEIGH-ON-SEA, SS9 5UU
ODS code F81046
4.2 km
DR MALIK - KENT ELMS HC
KENT ELMS HEALTH CENTRE, 1 RAYLEIGH RD, EASTWOOD, LEIGH-ON-SEA, SS9 5UU
ODS code F81223
4.2 km
EASTWOOD GROUP PRACTICE
1 RAYLEIGH ROAD, EASTWOOD, LEIGH-ON-SEA, SS9 5UU
ODS code F81128
4.2 km
DR SOORIAKUMARAN
3 PRINCE AVENUE, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS2 6RL
ODS code F81092
4.2 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Golden Cross Post Office
BCT · Rochford
- 0.1 miles
Golden Cross Shops
BCT · Rochford
- 0.1 miles
Golden Cross Shops
BCT · Rochford
- 0.1 miles
Golden Cross Post Office
BCT · Rochford
- 0.2 miles
Harewood Avenue
BCT · Rochford
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Rochford 007B, 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
7 of 10
Overall England rank
23,471 of 33,755
- Income
- 7 of 10
- Employment
- 7 of 10
- Education and skills
- 5 of 10
- Health and disability
- 7 of 10
- Crime
- 7 of 10
- Housing and services
- 5 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
Recorded crime
963 published events cover 12 months, averaging 80.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 512 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.