Total Crime Rate
236.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
142.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Claremont Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Victoria , and the 59th 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 Claremont Road (SS0 7DZ) in the last 12 months was 236.0 per 1,000 residents and was 4.4% 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 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 61 (≈ 142.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Claremont Road (SS0 7DZ), 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.
View Crime In Victoria| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glenwood Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hamlet Court Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hamlet Court Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cranley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cranley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cranley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hamlet Court Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamlet Court Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamlet Court Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Theatre/Concert Hall | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Claremont Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Claremont Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Claremont Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Claremont Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Claremont Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Claremont Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Claremont Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Albion Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hamlet Court Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Theatre/Concert Hall | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ceylon Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Argyll Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Argyll Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Argyll Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Argyll Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Glenwood Avenue | — |
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