Total Crime Rate
70.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Crowstone Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Chalkwell , and the 246th highest crime rate of 530 local areas in Southend-on-Sea .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Crowstone Road (SS0 8LJ) in the last 12 months was 70.8 per 1,000 residents and was 50.0% lower than the Chalkwell average (141.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 550.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 40.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 550.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Crowstone Road (SS0 8LJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ailsa Road, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Britannia Gardens (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chalkwell| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Britannia Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crowstone Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crowstone Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Galton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Crowstone Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Satanita Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Chadwick Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cobham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Ailsa Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ailsa Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ailsa Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grosvenor Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Whitefriars Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Grosvenor Mews | Offender given a caution |
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