Crime Rate in Prittlewell, ward

Prittlewell has the 5th highest crime rate of 17 wards in Southend-on-Sea district and the 976th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 74th highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Prittlewell in the last 12 months was 127.9 per 1,000 residents and was 17.9% higher than the Southend-on-Sea district average (108.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Prittlewell’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 538 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 4 cases , down -63.6% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 64.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -63.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 665 (≈ 61.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Prittlewell ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Petrol Station, with 283 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Hospital (125 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.