Total Crime Rate
116.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cambridge Court area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 32 local areas in Milton , and the 149th 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 Cambridge Court (SS1 1EJ) in the last 12 months was 116.3 per 1,000 residents and was 61.0% lower 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 55.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cambridge Court (SS1 1EJ), 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 | Other theft | Weston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Weston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gordon Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Gordon Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Gordon Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gordon Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gordon Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gordon Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gordon Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Weston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Weston Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Weston Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Weston Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Weston Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Weston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Market Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Weston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Weston Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| 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 | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Weston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Weston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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