Crime Rates at Napier Avenue, Southend-on-sea, SS1 1LZ

Napier Avenue area has the 11th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Milton , and the 50th 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 Napier Avenue (SS1 1LZ) in the last 12 months was 242.4 per 1,000 residents and was 18.6% 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 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 116.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -24.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Napier Avenue (SS1 1LZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 336 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (151 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.