Total Crime Rate

364.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 364.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 126.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 52.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 47.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 26.2 10/10
  • Other theft 23.8 10/10
  • Drugs 19.1 10/10
  • Public order 16.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.3 8/10
  • Burglary 11.9 9/10
  • Other crime 9.5 9/10
  • Robbery 7.1 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.8 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.4 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.4 2/10
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

Hamlet Court Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Milton , and the 29th 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 Hamlet Court Road (SS0 7LJ) in the last 12 months was 364.3 per 1,000 residents and was 22.3% higher 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 53 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -56.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 64 (≈ 152.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hamlet Court Road (SS0 7LJ), the main crime hotspot is near Hamlet Court Road. Police recorded 108 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hamlet Court Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Preston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Burdett Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Preston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Preston Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Preston Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Preston Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Preston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Claremont Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Burdett Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Preston Road
Sep 2025Public order Ceylon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ceylon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hamlet Court Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hamlet Court Road
Sep 2025Other crime Claremont Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Claremont Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Osborne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Preston Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Claremont Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hamlet Court Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Summercourt Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Summercourt Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Summercourt Road Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Summercourt Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Summercourt Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Summercourt Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Summercourt Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balmoral Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Claremont Close Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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