Total Crime Rate

201.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 201.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 98.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.8 9/10
  • Public order 15.8 9/10
  • Other crime 11.9 10/10
  • Other theft 11.9 8/10
  • Drugs 7.9 7/10
  • Robbery 7.9 8/10
  • Burglary 4.0 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Milton Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Milton , and the 69th highest crime rate of 530 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 Milton Road (SS0 7JX) in the last 12 months was 201.6 per 1,000 residents and was 32.3% lower than the Milton average (297.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 122.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 63.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Milton Road (SS0 7JX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cliff Avenue, where police recorded 69 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (45 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Milton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cliff Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Summercourt Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Summercourt Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cliff Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Westcliff Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Gate Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Trinity Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trinity Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Milton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Milton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cliff Avenue Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Summercourt Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tower Court Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cliff Avenue —
Sep 2025Drugs Cliff Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Westcliff Parade —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cliff Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cliff Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Avenue Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Avenue Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St. Vincents Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St. Vincents Mews —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St. Vincents Mews —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Gate Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Milton Gate Mews Under investigation

Data Sources

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