Total Crime Rate
1030.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Alexandra Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Milton , and the 6th highest crime rate of 530 local areas in Southend-on-Sea .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Alexandra Street (SS1 1BJ) in the last 12 months was 1030.7 per 1,000 residents and was 246.1% higher than the Milton average (297.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 151 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 3 cases , down -25.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 115.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 199 (≈ 469.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Alexandra Street (SS1 1BJ), the main crime hotspot is near Weston Road. Police recorded 218 crimes here, including 98 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Milton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Weston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Weston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Weston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Weston Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Weston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Weston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Weston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Weston Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Weston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Weston Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bus/Coach Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bus/Coach Station | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Farringdon Service Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Farringdon Service Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Weston Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Weston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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