Total Crime Rate
241.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
148.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ditton Court Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Milton , and the 54th 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 Ditton Court Road (SS0 7HF) in the last 12 months was 241.9 per 1,000 residents and was 20.4% lower than the Milton average (304.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 148.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ditton Court Road (SS0 7HF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Anerley Road, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ditton Court Road (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Milton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ditton Court Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cotswold Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Other crime | Manor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Manor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Genesta Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Holland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Finchley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anerley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anerley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anerley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meteor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cranley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meteor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Meteor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Meteor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Palmerston Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmerston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Palmerston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Satanita Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Satanita Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Satanita Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Britannia Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Britannia Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pembury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Argyll Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Genesta Road | Under investigation |
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