Crime Rates at West Road, Westcliff-on-sea, SS0 9DD

West Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in Victoria , and the 178th 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 West Road (SS0 9DD) in the last 12 months was 102.4 per 1,000 residents and was 56.3% lower than the Victoria average (234.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 70.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around West Road (SS0 9DD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 270 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (45 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.