North Benfleet

North Benfleet is covered by postcode districts SS12 and SS13. It is in the Basildon council area, Essex.

Typical price £547,500 Homes sold in North Benfleet, last 12 months. ▲ 19.2% on the year before Gigabit broadband 1 of 58 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 9 of 58 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 29 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Nearest school Glenwood School 1.0 km from the middle, in a straight line

Every postcode in North Benfleet, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in North Benfleet, by flood risk Of the 58 postcodes in North Benfleet that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at low risk at worst and 49 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: North Benfleet. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A130A127 SS12 9JL: not on the flood risk listSS12 9JN: not on the flood risk listSS12 9JT: not on the flood risk listSS12 9SL: not on the flood risk listSS13 2HE: not on the flood risk listSS13 2HF: not on the flood risk listSS13 2HH: not on the flood risk listSS13 2HJ: not on the flood risk listSS13 2HL: not on the flood risk listSS13 2HN: not on the flood risk listSS13 2HP: not on the flood risk listSS13 2HQ: not on the flood risk listSS13 2HR: not on the flood risk listSS13 2HS: not on the flood risk listSS13 2HT: not on the flood risk listSS13 2HU: not on the flood risk listSS13 2HW: not on the flood risk listSS13 2HX: not on the flood risk listSS13 2HY: not on the flood risk listSS13 2HZ: not on the flood risk listSS13 2JA: not on the flood risk listSS13 2JB: not on the flood risk listSS13 2JD: not on the flood risk listSS13 2JH: not on the flood risk listSS13 2JJ: not on the flood risk listSS13 2JL: not on the flood risk listSS13 2JN: not on the flood risk listSS13 2JP: not on the flood risk listSS13 2JR: not on the flood risk listSS13 2JS: not on the flood risk listSS13 2JW: not on the flood risk listSS13 2JX: not on the flood risk listSS13 2JY: not on the flood risk listSS13 2JZ: not on the flood risk listSS13 2LA: not on the flood risk listSS13 2LB: not on the flood risk listSS13 2LE: not on the flood risk listSS13 2LF: not on the flood risk listSS13 2LG: not on the flood risk listSS13 2LH: not on the flood risk listSS13 2LJ: not on the flood risk listSS13 2LN: not on the flood risk listSS13 2LQ: not on the flood risk listSS13 2LR: not on the flood risk listSS13 2LT: not on the flood risk listSS13 2LU: not on the flood risk listSS13 2LW: not on the flood risk listSS13 2LX: not on the flood risk listSS13 2LZ: not on the flood risk listSS12 9JX: low flood risk at worstSS13 2NA: low flood risk at worstSS13 2NB: low flood risk at worstSS12 9JG: medium flood risk at worstSS12 9JJ: medium flood risk at worstSS13 2LY: medium flood risk at worstSS12 9JW: high flood riskSS12 9JZ: high flood riskSS12 9LE: high flood risk North Benfleet Map of every postcode in North Benfleet, by flood risk Of the 58 postcodes in North Benfleet that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at low risk at worst and 49 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: North Benfleet. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A130A127 North Benfleet
  • A home or business at high risk: 3
  • At medium risk at worst: 3
  • At low risk at worst: 3
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 49

Of the 58 postcodes in North Benfleet that ONS places, 3 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at low risk at worst and 49 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. No boundary is drawn.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.5765, longitude 0.5335. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The postcodes at high risk

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

SS12 9LE10 at high riskSS12 9JZ2 at high riskSS12 9JW1 at high risk

What is it like to live in North Benfleet?

Homes sold for a typical £547,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 19.2% on the 12 months before. At 1 of the 58 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 29 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 9 of its 58 postcodes. The nearest school is Glenwood School, 1.0 km from the middle of its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Dr Khan & Partners, 1.2 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Pitsea, 2.6 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

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Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in North Benfleet?

Homes in North Benfleet sold for a typical £547,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 15 sales, up 19.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£547,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£459,500 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 19.2% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £560,000 11 sales
  • Semi-detached 4 sales, too few to price

Across the whole SS13 district, North Benfleet's main postcode district: a typical £305,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in North Benfleet: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Are new homes being built in North Benfleet?

1 of the 58 postcodes now in use in North Benfleet came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 22 homes sold in North Benfleet were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SS13 district, 0%.

The newest postcodes

SS12 9SLsince August 2022

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn North BenfleetAcross the SS13 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 15 (0%) 2 of 189 (1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 22 (0%) 0 of 234 (0%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in North Benfleet?

Ofcom reports on 58 of the 58 postcodes in North Benfleet. At 1 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit1 of 58
Postcodes where every home can get superfast56 of 58

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

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Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is North Benfleet at risk of flooding?

9 of the 58 postcodes in North Benfleet have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 29 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 9 of 58 postcodes High: 13Medium: 16Low: 31

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are in North Benfleet?

There is no primary school at the postcodes in North Benfleet; these are the nearest to its middle. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from North Benfleet?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in North Benfleet is Pitsea Rail Station, 2.6 km away in a straight line.

  • Pitsea Rail Station Railway station 2.6 kmCycle
  • Benfleet Rail Station Railway station 4.1 kmCycle
  • Wickford Rail Station Railway station 4.4 kmCycle

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in North Benfleet?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in North Benfleet. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

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Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is North Benfleet safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 1,136 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in North Benfleet over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 99 September 2025
  2. 77 October 2025
  3. 92 November 2025
  4. 111 December 2025
  5. 75 January 2026
  6. 80 February 2026
  7. 93 March 2026
  8. 95 April 2026
  9. 93 May 2026
  10. 108 June 2026
  11. 100 July 2026
  12. 113 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences525 reports
Criminal damage and arson122 reports
Anti-social behaviour110 reports
Vehicle crime78 reports
Other theft67 reports
Public order62 reports
Drugs47 reports
Burglary42 reports

Also: other crime 28, possession of weapons 22, shoplifting 16, robbery 8, bicycle theft 5, theft from the person 4.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs North Benfleet?

District, borough or city council
Basildon
County council
Essex
Parliamentary constituencies
Castle Point (57) and Rayleigh and Wickford (1)
Police force area
Essex
Region
East of England
Country
England

Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

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North Benfleet postcodes

58 postcodes in use in North Benfleet, by district:

SS13 postcode district,48 postcodesSS12 postcode district,10 postcodes

Those districts are all in the SS postcode area.

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Places near North Benfleet

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside North Benfleet's £547,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Thundersley and South Benfleet3.4 km, £395,000Wickford3.6 km, £387,500Basildon4.9 km, £328,000Runwell5.2 km, £392,500Rayleigh5.3 km, £417,500Canvey Island7.2 km, £325,000Hullbridge7.6 km, £385,000Stanford-le-Hope8.8 km, £363,750 All places A to Z

Questions about North Benfleet

What is it like to live in North Benfleet?
Homes sold for a typical £547,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 19.2% on the 12 months before. At 1 of the 58 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 29 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 9 of its 58 postcodes. The nearest school is Glenwood School, 1.0 km from the middle of its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Dr Khan & Partners, 1.2 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Pitsea, 2.6 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for North Benfleet?
North Benfleet is covered by postcode districts SS12 and SS13, across 58 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is North Benfleet in?
North Benfleet is in the Basildon council area, and Essex is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in North Benfleet?
Homes in North Benfleet sold for a typical £547,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 15 sales, up 19.2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in North Benfleet?
In North Benfleet, the nearest primary school to the middle of its postcodes is Glenwood School, 1.0 km away in a straight line; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Glenwood School, 1.0 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does North Benfleet have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in North Benfleet is Pitsea, 2.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in North Benfleet?
Ofcom reports on 58 of the 58 postcodes in North Benfleet. At 1 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is North Benfleet at risk of flooding?
9 of the 58 postcodes in North Benfleet have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 29 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in North Benfleet?
1 of the 58 postcodes now in use in North Benfleet came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 22 homes sold in North Benfleet were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SS13 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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