Total Crime Rate
192.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
97.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ramuz Drive area has the highest crime rate of 17 local areas in Westborough , and the 75th highest crime rate of 523 local areas in Southend-on-Sea .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ramuz Drive (SS0 9JB) in the last 12 months was 192.0 per 1,000 residents and was 248.6% higher than the Westborough average (55.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -44.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 97.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ramuz Drive (SS0 9JB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Crowstone Close, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Westcliff Park Drive (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Westborough| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cranley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Theatre/Concert Hall | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Theatre/Concert Hall | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cranley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cranley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ramuz Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crowstone Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Crowstone Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Crowstone Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Crowstone Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cranley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Brightwell Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beedell Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beedell Avenue | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beedell Avenue | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westborough Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Westborough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westcliff Park Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westcliff Park Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westcliff Park Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westcliff Park Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westcliff Park Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cotswold Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brightwell Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cranley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Argyll Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hainault Avenue | — |
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