Total Crime Rate

845.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 845.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 369.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 160.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 69.8 10/10
  • Other theft 56.9 10/10
  • Public order 54.3 10/10
  • Drugs 33.6 10/10
  • Burglary 23.3 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 20.7 10/10
  • Other crime 18.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.5 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.8 9/10
  • Robbery 7.8 8/10
  • Theft from the person 7.8 8/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Horace Road area has the highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Kursaal , and the 8th highest crime rate of 530 local areas in Southend-on-Sea .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Horace Road (SS1 2DN) in the last 12 months was 845.0 per 1,000 residents and was 284.3% higher than the Kursaal average (219.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 143 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 3 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -7.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 175 (≈ 452.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 19.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 142.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Horace Road (SS1 2DN), the main crime hotspot is near York Road. Police recorded 226 crimes here, including 113 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Horace Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Old Southend Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons A1160 Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Herbert Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Herbert Grove
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hastings Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hastings Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hillcrest Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Old Southend Road
Sep 2025Burglary Old Southend Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Old Southend Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Old Southend Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Old Southend Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Old Southend Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Old Southend Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Old Southend Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Southend Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Southend Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Southend Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Horace Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanley Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanley Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Leonard'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Leonard'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery St Leonard'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order St Leonard'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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