Crime Rate in Kursaal, ward

Kursaal has the 3rd highest crime rate of 17 wards in Southend-on-Sea district and the 208th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 19th highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Kursaal in the last 12 months was 224.4 per 1,000 residents and was 100.1% higher than the Southend-on-Sea district average (112.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Kursaal’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1,241 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 18 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 17.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -16.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,507 (≈ 124.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Kursaal ward, the main local crime hotspot is near York Road. Police recorded 227 crimes here, including 123 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.