Schools
58 open schools are in scope, including 31 primary and 12 secondary schools. Poplar Adolescent Unit is the nearest published school at 923 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SS4 1LX
Roche South · Rochford · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Roche South
- Local authority
- Rochford
- Constituency
- Southend East and Rochford
- Postcode district
- SS4
- Postcode sector
- SS4 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SS4 1LX
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 June 1981
- Terminated
- 1 August 2006
- Postcode area
- SS
- Postcode district
- SS4
- Postcode sector
- SS4 1
- Latitude
- 51.577207
- Longitude
- 0.714463
- British National Grid easting
- 588,184
- British National Grid northing
- 189,973
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Rochford · E07000075
- Electoral ward
- Roche South · E05010853
- Parish or community
- E04004083
- Westminster constituency
- Southend East and Rochford · E14001501
- Output area
- E00111507
- Lower layer super output area
- Rochford 007E · E01021956
- 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
- 58
- Primary
- 31
- Secondary
- 12
- 923 m
Poplar Adolescent Unit
Pupil referral unit
- 1.1 km
Rochford Primary and Nursery School
Academy converter
- 1.4 km
Waterman Primary School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 904
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 429
- Anti social behaviour 82
- Criminal damage and arson 67
- Public order 59
- Other theft 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.
GP practices
24
within 5 km straight-line
DR PUZEY,DR KOTHARI AND DR NANDA
THE PUZEY FAMILY PRACTICE, SOUTHWELL HOUSE, BACK LANE, ROCHFORD, SS4 1AY
ODS code F81007
781 m
THE PRACTICE LEECON WAY
1 LEECON WAY, ASHINGTON GARDENS, ROCHFORD, SS4 1TU
ODS code F81675
1.7 km
DR SOORIAKUMARAN
3 PRINCE AVENUE, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS2 6RL
ODS code F81092
2.4 km
ST LUKE'S HEALTH CENTRE
PANTILE AVENUE, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS2 4BD
ODS code Y02707
3.1 km
ASHINGDON MEDICAL CENTRE
57 LASCELLES GARDENS, ASHINGDON, ROCHFORD, SS4 3BW
ODS code F81690
3.1 km
SCOTT PARK SURGERY
205 WESTERN APPROACHES, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS2 6XY
ODS code F81744
3.2 km
DR F KHAN CARNAVON ROAD SURGERY
CARNARVON ROAD SURGERY, 1ST FLOOR, 183-195 NORTH ROAD, WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, SS0 7AF
ODS code F81003
3.7 km
DR NAVIN KUMAR
183-195 NORTH ROAD, WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, SS0 7AF
ODS code F81147
3.7 km
WEST ROAD SURGERY
NORTH ROAD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 183-195 NORTH ROAD, WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, SS0 7AF
ODS code F81164
3.7 km
NORTH AVENUE SURGERY
332 NORTH AVENUE, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS2 4EQ
ODS code F81176
3.7 km
SAS MID AND SOUTH ESSEX STP
SUITE 7, SKYLINE PLAZA, VICTORIA AVENUE, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS2 6BB
ODS code Y06389
3.7 km
DR KRISHNAN & PTNR - KENT ELMS HC
KENT ELMS HEALTH CENTRE, 1 RAYLEIGH ROAD, EASTWOOD, LEIGH-ON-SEA, SS9 5UU
ODS code F81046
3.8 km
DR MALIK - KENT ELMS HC
KENT ELMS HEALTH CENTRE, 1 RAYLEIGH RD, EASTWOOD, LEIGH-ON-SEA, SS9 5UU
ODS code F81223
3.8 km
EASTWOOD GROUP PRACTICE
1 RAYLEIGH ROAD, EASTWOOD, LEIGH-ON-SEA, SS9 5UU
ODS code F81128
3.8 km
THE QUEENSWAY SURGERY
QUEENSWAY SURGERY, 75 QUEENSWAY, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS1 2AB
ODS code F81081
3.9 km
SOUTHEND MEDICAL CENTRE
50-52 LONDON ROAD, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS1 1NX
ODS code F81159
4.2 km
WARRIOR SQUARE SURGERY
61 WARRIOR SQUARE, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS1 2JJ
ODS code F81656
4.2 km
CENTRAL SURGERY - SOUTHCHURCH BLVD
27 SOUTHCHURCH BOULEVARD, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS2 4UB
ODS code F81086
4.3 km
THE VALKYRIE SURGERY
VALKYRIE ROAD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 50 VALKYRIE ROAD, WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, SS0 8BU
ODS code F81097
4.5 km
WESTCLIFF MEDICAL CENTRE
GROUND FLOOR, VALKYRIE PCC, 50 VALKYRIE ROAD, WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, SS0 8BU
ODS code F81207
4.5 km
Showing 20 of 24 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Purdeys Way
BCT · Rochford
- 0.2 miles
Purdeys Way
BCT · Rochford
- 0.3 miles
South Street
BCT · Rochford
- 0.3 miles
Sutton Court Drive
BCT · Rochford
- 0.3 miles
South Street
BCT · Rochford
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Rochford 007E, 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
4 of 10
Overall England rank
11,564 of 33,755
- Income
- 4 of 10
- Employment
- 4 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 5 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 4 of 10
- Living environment
- 4 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
904 published events cover 12 months, averaging 75.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 429 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.