Total Crime Rate

246.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

108.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 246.8 10/10
  • Violent crimes 108.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 90.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 38.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 36.0 10/10
  • Other theft 15.4 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.4 9/10
  • Drugs 12.9 9/10
  • Public order 10.3 7/10
  • Burglary 7.7 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.7 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.1 7/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Shoplifting 2.6 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.6 2/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

London Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Victoria , and the 53rd 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 London Road (SS0 7BX) in the last 12 months was 246.8 per 1,000 residents and was 0.0% lower than the Victoria average (246.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 108.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 16.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around London Road (SS0 7BX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hamlet Court Road, where police recorded 115 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Balmoral Road (57 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in London Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Balmoral Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ceylon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Claremont Close
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Claremont Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Albion Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Summercourt Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Summercourt Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ceylon Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rayleigh Avenue
Apr 2026Burglary Carisbrooke Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Carisbrooke Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Carisbrooke Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Carisbrooke Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson West Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime West Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Balmoral Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences West Road Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Balmoral Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Balmoral Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Balmoral Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Balmoral Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Claremont Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Claremont Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Claremont Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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