Schools
31 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 5 secondary schools. Lift Hockley is the nearest published school at 477 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SS5 4XW
Hockley · Rochford · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Hockley
- Local authority
- Rochford
- Constituency
- Rayleigh and Wickford
- Postcode district
- SS5
- Postcode sector
- SS5 4
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SS5 4XW
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1991
- Terminated
- 1 December 1991
- Postcode area
- SS
- Postcode district
- SS5
- Postcode sector
- SS5 4
- Latitude
- 51.603146
- Longitude
- 0.652693
- British National Grid easting
- 583,800
- British National Grid northing
- 192,700
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Rochford · E07000075
- Electoral ward
- Hockley · E05010848
- Parish or community
- E04004080
- Westminster constituency
- Rayleigh and Wickford · E14001437
- Output area
- E00111419
- Lower layer super output area
- Rochford 012A · E01021937
- Middle layer super output area
- Rochford 012 · E02006981
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 SS5
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 31
- Primary
- 23
- Secondary
- 5
- 477 m
Lift Hockley
Academy converter
- 864 m
Lift Westerings
Academy converter
- 962 m
Lift Plumberow
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 451
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 183
- Anti social behaviour 59
- Criminal damage and arson 40
- Other theft 33
- Shoplifting 33
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- SS5 4 residents
- 10,104
Age bands in SS5 4
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 16.5%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 21.8%
- Age 45 to 64
- 28.7%
- Age 65 and over
- 22.6%
1,685 residents
1,068 residents
2,236 residents
2,936 residents
2,312 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
13
within 5 km straight-line
CHURCH VIEW SURGERY
THE JONES FAMILY PRACTICE, 55 SOUTHEND ROAD, HOCKLEY, SS5 4PZ
ODS code F81125
396 m
THE GREENSWARD SURGERY
GREENSWARD LANE, HOCKLEY, SS5 5HQ
ODS code F81066
1.2 km
ASHINGDON MEDICAL CENTRE
57 LASCELLES GARDENS, ASHINGDON, ROCHFORD, SS4 3BW
ODS code F81690
2.6 km
DOWNHALL PARK SURGERY
49 RAWRETH LANE, RAYLEIGH, SS6 9QD
ODS code F81704
3.4 km
THE PRACTICE LEECON WAY
1 LEECON WAY, ASHINGTON GARDENS, ROCHFORD, SS4 1TU
ODS code F81675
3.5 km
CONNER & PARTNERS
175 FERRY ROAD, HULLBRIDGE, HOCKLEY, SS5 6JH
ODS code F81061
3.6 km
AUDLEY MILLS SURGERY
57 EASTWOOD ROAD, RAYLEIGH, SS6 7JF
ODS code F81123
3.7 km
SCOTT PARK SURGERY
205 WESTERN APPROACHES, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS2 6XY
ODS code F81744
3.8 km
WILLIAM HARVEY SURGERY
83 LONDON ROAD, RAYLEIGH, SS6 9HR
ODS code F81065
3.9 km
DR PUZEY,DR KOTHARI AND DR NANDA
THE PUZEY FAMILY PRACTICE, SOUTHWELL HOUSE, BACK LANE, ROCHFORD, SS4 1AY
ODS code F81007
4.4 km
DR KRISHNAN & PTNR - KENT ELMS HC
KENT ELMS HEALTH CENTRE, 1 RAYLEIGH ROAD, EASTWOOD, LEIGH-ON-SEA, SS9 5UU
ODS code F81046
4.4 km
DR MALIK - KENT ELMS HC
KENT ELMS HEALTH CENTRE, 1 RAYLEIGH RD, EASTWOOD, LEIGH-ON-SEA, SS9 5UU
ODS code F81223
4.4 km
EASTWOOD GROUP PRACTICE
1 RAYLEIGH ROAD, EASTWOOD, LEIGH-ON-SEA, SS9 5UU
ODS code F81128
4.4 km
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
The Spa
BCT · Hockley
- 0.2 miles
The Spa
BCT · Hockley
- 0.2 miles
SEETEC
BCT · Hockley
- 0.2 miles
Station Approach
BCT · Hockley
- 0.2 miles
SEETEC
BCT · Hockley
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Rochford 012A, 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
9 of 10
Overall England rank
28,552 of 33,755
- Income
- 7 of 10
- Employment
- 8 of 10
- Education and skills
- 8 of 10
- Health and disability
- 9 of 10
- Crime
- 7 of 10
- Housing and services
- 7 of 10
- Living environment
- 8 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
451 published events cover 12 months, averaging 37.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 183 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.