Total Crime Rate
385.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
152.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Burdett Avenue area has the 8th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Milton , and the 32nd 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 Burdett Avenue (SS0 7JN) in the last 12 months was 385.7 per 1,000 residents and was 26.8% higher 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 50 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 140.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 64 (≈ 152.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Burdett Avenue (SS0 7JN), 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 Milton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cliff Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rayleigh Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Carisbrooke Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ceylon Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ceylon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Carisbrooke Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carisbrooke Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Preston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Preston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rayleigh Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Balmoral Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Balmoral Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmoral Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmoral Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmoral Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Balmoral Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Summercourt Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Milton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Milton Gate Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Carisbrooke Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Milton Gate Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Claremont Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hamlet Court Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hamlet Court Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hamlet Court Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hamlet Court Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hamlet Court Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamlet Court Road | Under investigation |
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