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

Napier Avenue area has the 13th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Milton , and the 50th highest crime rate of 523 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 250.0 per 1,000 residents and was 17.8% lower than the Milton average (304.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 131.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.0% 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 318 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (172 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.