Schools
54 open schools are in scope, including 31 primary and 11 secondary schools. St. Michael's School is the nearest published school at 189 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SS9 2XU
West Leigh · Southend-on-Sea · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- West Leigh
- Local authority
- Southend-on-Sea
- Constituency
- Southend West and Leigh
- Postcode district
- SS9
- Postcode sector
- SS9 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SS9 2XU
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 December 1996
- Terminated
- 1 June 1998
- Postcode area
- SS
- Postcode district
- SS9
- Postcode sector
- SS9 2
- Latitude
- 51.545621
- Longitude
- 0.642364
- British National Grid easting
- 583,316
- British National Grid northing
- 186,278
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- East of England · E12000006
- Local authority district
- Southend-on-Sea · E06000033
- Electoral ward
- West Leigh · E05002227
- Parish or community
- E04001128
- Westminster constituency
- Southend West and Leigh · E14001502
- Output area
- E00080443
- Lower layer super output area
- Southend-on-Sea 008A · E01015908
- Middle layer super output area
- Southend-on-Sea 008 · E02003286
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 SS9
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 54
- Primary
- 31
- Secondary
- 11
- 189 m
St. Michael's School
Other independent school
- 436 m
West Leigh Infant School
Community school
- 436 m
West Leigh Junior School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,163
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 515
- Anti social behaviour 122
- Criminal damage and arson 90
- Vehicle crime 88
- Public order 78
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- SS9 2 residents
- 8,640
Age bands in SS9 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.9%
- Age 15 to 24
- 8.6%
- Age 25 to 44
- 25.9%
- Age 45 to 64
- 27.5%
- Age 65 and over
- 20.1%
1,548 residents
745 residents
2,239 residents
2,378 residents
1,735 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
21
within 5 km straight-line
HIGHLANDS SURGERY
1629-1643 LONDON ROAD, LEIGH-ON-SEA, SS9 2SQ
ODS code F81112
437 m
THE LEIGH SURGERY
194 ELMSLEIGH DRIVE, LEIGH-ON-SEA, SS9 4JQ
ODS code F81696
1.5 km
THE PALL MALL SURGERY
LEIGH PCC, 918 LONDON ROAD, LEIGH ON SEA, SS9 3NG
ODS code F81144
1.5 km
THE HOLLIES
41 RECTORY ROAD, HADLEIGH, BENFLEET, SS7 2NA
ODS code F81075
2.5 km
DR KRISHNAN & PTNR - KENT ELMS HC
KENT ELMS HEALTH CENTRE, 1 RAYLEIGH ROAD, EASTWOOD, LEIGH-ON-SEA, SS9 5UU
ODS code F81046
2.5 km
DR MALIK - KENT ELMS HC
KENT ELMS HEALTH CENTRE, 1 RAYLEIGH RD, EASTWOOD, LEIGH-ON-SEA, SS9 5UU
ODS code F81223
2.5 km
EASTWOOD GROUP PRACTICE
1 RAYLEIGH ROAD, EASTWOOD, LEIGH-ON-SEA, SS9 5UU
ODS code F81128
2.5 km
SCOTT PARK SURGERY
205 WESTERN APPROACHES, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS2 6XY
ODS code F81744
3.4 km
THE VALKYRIE SURGERY
VALKYRIE ROAD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 50 VALKYRIE ROAD, WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, SS0 8BU
ODS code F81097
3.4 km
WESTCLIFF MEDICAL CENTRE
GROUND FLOOR, VALKYRIE PCC, 50 VALKYRIE ROAD, WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, SS0 8BU
ODS code F81207
3.4 km
DR F KHAN CARNAVON ROAD SURGERY
CARNARVON ROAD SURGERY, 1ST FLOOR, 183-195 NORTH ROAD, WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, SS0 7AF
ODS code F81003
4.1 km
DR NAVIN KUMAR
183-195 NORTH ROAD, WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, SS0 7AF
ODS code F81147
4.1 km
WEST ROAD SURGERY
NORTH ROAD PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, 183-195 NORTH ROAD, WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, SS0 7AF
ODS code F81164
4.1 km
DR SOORIAKUMARAN
3 PRINCE AVENUE, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS2 6RL
ODS code F81092
4.1 km
OAKLANDS SURGERY
CENTRAL CANVEY PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, LONG ROAD, CANVEY ISLAND, SS8 0JA
ODS code F81096
4.5 km
THE COMMUNITY PRACTICE
CENTRAL CANVEY PRIMARY CARE CENTRE, LONG ROAD, CANVEY ISLAND, SS8 0JA
ODS code F81740
4.5 km
THE ISLAND SURGERY
LONG ROAD, CANVEY ISLAND, SS8 0JA
ODS code F81739
4.5 km
SAS MID AND SOUTH ESSEX STP
SUITE 7, SKYLINE PLAZA, VICTORIA AVENUE, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS2 6BB
ODS code Y06389
4.6 km
SOUTHEND MEDICAL CENTRE
50-52 LONDON ROAD, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, SS1 1NX
ODS code F81159
4.6 km
GRACE HOUSE SURGERY
85 HART ROAD, THUNDERSLEY, BENFLEET, SS7 3PR
ODS code F81032
5.0 km
Showing 20 of 21 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Salisbury Road
BCT · Leigh-on-Sea
- 0.1 miles
Salisbury Road
BCT · Leigh-on-Sea
- 0.2 miles
London Road
BCT · Leigh-on-Sea
- 0.2 miles
Hadleigh Road
BCT · Leigh-on-Sea
- 0.2 miles
Burnham Road
BCT · Leigh-on-Sea
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Southend-on-Sea 008A, 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
10 of 10
Overall England rank
33,239 of 33,755
- Income
- 10 of 10
- Employment
- 10 of 10
- Education and skills
- 10 of 10
- Health and disability
- 10 of 10
- Crime
- 9 of 10
- Housing and services
- 10 of 10
- Living environment
- 5 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
1,163 published events cover 12 months, averaging 96.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 515 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.