ST EDMUNDS CLOSE, SS2 4AS House Prices & Local Information

SS2 4AS is an accessible, working-class neighbourhood on St Edmunds Close, 1.2km from Porters Town in Southend-on-Sea. Administratively it sits within St. Luke's ward and the Rochford and Southend East constituency.

An affordable area with active regeneration, SS2 4AS is a striving suburban area — non-UK born households working to get ahead. With an average age of 45, this is established family country — quiet streets, strong community ties, and low rental churn. 32% of homes are socially rented, reflecting the area's public housing provision and council presence.

Safety: Crime rates are low here at 45 incidents per 1,000 residents — well below average and reassuring for families. Property: Average house prices are around £262k, down 2.0% year-on-year. The Index of Multiple Deprivation places this area in the most deprived 20% nationally — this often means more affordable prices and active local authority investment, but also fewer amenities and higher benefit dependency.

Census 2021 statistics for SS2 4AS are sourced from Output Area E00080269 (shared with 5 postcodes in this micro-neighbourhood). Property prices come from HM Land Registry.