Crime Rates at Avenue Road, Westcliff-on-sea, SS0 7PJ

Avenue Road area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 32 local areas in Milton , and the 230th highest crime rate of 523 local areas in Southend-on-Sea .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Avenue Road (SS0 7PJ) in the last 12 months was 80.1 per 1,000 residents and was 73.7% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 55.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Avenue Road (SS0 7PJ), the main crime hotspot is near Further/Higher Educational Building. Police recorded 72 crimes here, including 61 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.