Total Crime Rate

55.4 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 55.4 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.4 8/10
  • Other theft 6.9 6/10
  • Other crime 3.5 4/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Cavendish Gardens area has the 16th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Blenheim Park , and the 251st lowest crime rate of 530 local areas in Southend-on-Sea .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cavendish Gardens (SS0 9XS) in the last 12 months was 55.4 per 1,000 residents and was 4.9% lower than the Blenheim Park average (58.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 34.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 133.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cavendish Gardens (SS0 9XS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Georges Park Avenue, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Westminster Drive (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cavendish Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsway Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wellington Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandown Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandown Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandown Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southbourne Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southbourne Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order St Georges Park Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Cavendish Gardens Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Cavendish Gardens Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Cavendish Gardens Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wellington Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Eastwood Lane South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Martyns Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Westminster Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Shanklin Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westminster Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Southborough Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandown Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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