Crime Rate in West Leigh, ward

West Leigh has the lowest crime rate of 17 wards in Southend-on-Sea district and the 1332nd lowest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 178th lowest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in West Leigh in the last 12 months was 35.7 per 1,000 residents and was 68.2% lower than the Southend-on-Sea district average (112.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, West Leigh’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 134 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 ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 156 (≈ 16.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the West Leigh ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Parking Area, with 42 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Grange Road (18 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.