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 1940th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 171st highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in St. Luke's in the last 12 months was 93.1 per 1,000 residents and was 17.0% lower than the Southend-on-Sea district average (112.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St. Luke's’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 431 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 28.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 490 (≈ 43.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St. Luke's ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Fossetts Way, with 81 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Wentworth Road (35 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.