Total Crime Rate

97.5 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 97.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.6 8/10
  • Other theft 17.0 9/10
  • Public order 12.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.2 3/10
  • Burglary 4.2 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.2 4/10
  • Drugs 4.2 5/10
  • Shoplifting 4.2 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Seaforth Road area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 32 local areas in Milton , and the 188th highest crime rate of 530 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 Seaforth Road (SS0 7SH) in the last 12 months was 97.5 per 1,000 residents and was 67.3% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 59.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 55.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Seaforth Road (SS0 7SH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Meteor Road, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ditton Court Road (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Seaforth Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Ditton Court Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shorefield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Preston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Preston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Preston Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Preston Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Manor Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Westcliff Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shorefield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shorefield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shorefield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Seaforth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Preston Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meteor Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meteor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Meteor Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Palmeira Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Palmeira Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Palmeira Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Palmeira Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Holland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Holland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Preston Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Ditton Court Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Preston Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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