Crime Rate in St. Luke's, ward

St. Luke's has the 6th highest crime rate of 17 wards in Southend-on-Sea district and the 2243rd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 189th highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in St. Luke's in the last 12 months was 89.0 per 1,000 residents and was 17.9% lower than the Southend-on-Sea district average (108.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St. Luke's’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 397 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 4 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -37.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 469 (≈ 41.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St. Luke's ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Fossetts Way, with 80 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Wentworth Road (31 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.