CheckNear.me

SS5 5LF

Hockley and Ashingdon · Rochford · England

Updated September 2026

Compare this postcode

Location overview

Drag to pan. Use + or - to zoom. Open larger map
Post town
Hockley
Ward
Hockley and Ashingdon
Local authority
Rochford
Constituency
Rayleigh and Wickford
Postcode district
SS5
Postcode sector
SS5 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SS5 5LB 192 m
SS5 5LA 249 m
SS5 5NR 282 m
SS5 5LG 297 m
SS5 5NU 404 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SS5 5LF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SS
Postcode district
SS5
Postcode sector
SS5 5
Latitude
51.616064
Longitude
0.665235
British National Grid easting
584,616
British National Grid northing
194,168

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Rochford · E07000075
Electoral ward
Hockley and Ashingdon · E05010849
Parish or community
E04004074
Westminster constituency
Rayleigh and Wickford · E14001437
Output area
E00111314
Lower layer super output area
Rochford 002A · E01021914
Middle layer super output area
Rochford 002 · E02004564

Postcode source versions

Explore SS5

Property

View all property records
3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Woodside, Granville Road, Hockley, SS5 5LF 27 February 2019 £700,000
Woodside, Granville Road, Hockley, SS5 5LF 18 August 2010 £540,000
Woodside, Granville Road, Hockley, SS5 5LF 30 October 2000 £317,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
22
Primary
17
Secondary
4

  1. Lift Plumberow

    Academy converter

    784 m

  2. Lift Greensward

    Academy sponsor led

    1.0 km

  3. Lift Ashingdon

    Academy converter

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
192
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 75
  • Public order 26
  • Criminal damage and arson 21
  • Vehicle crime 19
  • Other theft 18

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
SS5 5 residents
5,738

Age bands in SS5 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.2%

786 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.3%

518 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.3%

1,068 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.8%

1,653 residents

Age 65 and over
27.4%

1,520 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

7

within 5 km

  • THE GREENSWARD SURGERY

    GREENSWARD LANE, HOCKLEY, SS5 5HQ

    ODS code F81066

    1.0 km

  • CHURCH VIEW SURGERY

    THE JONES FAMILY PRACTICE, 55 SOUTHEND ROAD, HOCKLEY, SS5 4PZ

    ODS code F81125

    1.9 km

  • ASHINGDON MEDICAL CENTRE

    57 LASCELLES GARDENS, ASHINGDON, ROCHFORD, SS4 3BW

    ODS code F81690

    2.4 km

  • CONNER & PARTNERS

    175 FERRY ROAD, HULLBRIDGE, HOCKLEY, SS5 6JH

    ODS code F81061

    3.7 km

  • THE PRACTICE LEECON WAY

    1 LEECON WAY, ASHINGTON GARDENS, ROCHFORD, SS4 1TU

    ODS code F81675

    3.8 km

  • DOWNHALL PARK SURGERY

    49 RAWRETH LANE, RAYLEIGH, SS6 9QD

    ODS code F81704

    4.5 km

  • DR PUZEY,DR KOTHARI AND DR NANDA

    THE PUZEY FAMILY PRACTICE, SOUTHWELL HOUSE, BACK LANE, ROCHFORD, SS4 1AY

    ODS code F81007

    4.7 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

  • Orchard Avenue

    BCT · Hockley

    0.4 miles

  • Harrogate Road

    BCT · Hockley

    0.4 miles

  • The Blacksmiths Shop

    BCT · Ashingdon

    0.5 miles

  • The Blacksmiths Shop

    BCT · Ashingdon

    0.5 miles

  • Orchard Avenue

    BCT · Hockley

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Rochford 002A, 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

24,806 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
3 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
1
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

22 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 4 secondary schools. Lift Plumberow is the nearest published school at 784 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

192 published events cover 12 months, averaging 16 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 75 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.