Crime Rates at Britannia Road, Westcliff-on-sea, SS0 8BS

Britannia Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Chalkwell , and the 200th 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 Britannia Road (SS0 8BS) in the last 12 months was 93.1 per 1,000 residents and was 37.6% lower than the Chalkwell average (149.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 42.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 19.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Britannia Road (SS0 8BS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ailsa Road, where police recorded 61 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ditton Court Road (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.