Crime Rate in Belfairs, ward

Belfairs has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 17 wards in Southend-on-Sea district and the 1633rd lowest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 220th lowest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Belfairs in the last 12 months was 38.9 per 1,000 residents and was 65.4% lower than the Southend-on-Sea district average (112.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Belfairs’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 156 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -36.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 188 (≈ 20.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Belfairs ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Petrol Station, with 33 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Bradford Bury (14 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.