Total Crime Rate
193.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
113.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Toledo Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Kursaal , and the 73rd highest crime rate of 523 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 Toledo Road (SS1 2DW) in the last 12 months was 193.5 per 1,000 residents and was 13.8% lower than the Kursaal average (224.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 113.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Toledo Road (SS1 2DW), the main crime hotspot is near York Road. Police recorded 227 crimes here, including 123 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Southend-On-Sea| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tyrrel Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hastings Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lancaster Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lancaster Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tyrrel Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tyrrel Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Tyrrel Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tyrrel Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hastings Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Tyrrel Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tyrrel Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tyrrel Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Quebec Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warrior Square East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warrior Square East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hastings Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hastings Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Southend Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Southend Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Southend Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Southend Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Southend Road | Under investigation |
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