Total Crime Rate
112.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Southchurch Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in Kursaal , and the 156th 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 Southchurch Road (SS1 2EB) in the last 12 months was 112.5 per 1,000 residents and was 48.9% lower 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 72.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -89.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Southchurch Road (SS1 2EB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 115 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fairburn Close (52 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Kursaal| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferndown Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Christchurch Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ilfracombe Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ilfracombe Avenue | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stromness Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferndown Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferndown Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Christchurch Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferndown Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bellevue Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferndown Close | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferndown Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Ferndown Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ferndown Close | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Fairburn Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairburn Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ilfracombe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Stromness Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bellevue Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bellevue Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bellevue Place | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bellevue Place | Under investigation |
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