Crime Rate in Westborough, ward

Westborough has the 5th lowest crime rate of 17 wards in Southend-on-Sea district and the 3163rd lowest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 474th lowest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Westborough in the last 12 months was 55.1 per 1,000 residents and was 50.9% lower than the Southend-on-Sea district average (112.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Westborough’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 330 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 ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -41.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 372 (≈ 33.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Westborough ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 43 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Wenham Drive (28 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.