Total Crime Rate
111.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
40.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Springfield Drive area has the 11th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Prittlewell , and the 170th highest crime rate of 523 local areas in Southend-on-Sea .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Springfield Drive (SS0 0RA) in the last 12 months was 111.1 per 1,000 residents and was 11.1% lower than the Prittlewell average (125.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 40.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Springfield Drive (SS0 0RA), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 169 crimes here, including 110 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Prittlewell| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fielding Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chase Gardens | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Chase Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brookside Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hospital | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hospital | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Highfield Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highfield Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fielding Way | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fairfax Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairfax Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highfield Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highfield Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Highfield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highfield Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Highfield Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chase Gardens | Under investigation |
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