Crime Rates at Richmond Avenue, Westcliff-on-sea, SS0 7DA

Richmond Avenue 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 Richmond Avenue (SS0 7DA) 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 Richmond Avenue (SS0 7DA), 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 Further/Higher Educational Building (61 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.