Crime Rates at Pleasant Road, Southend-on-sea, SS1 2HH

Pleasant Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Kursaal , and the 9th 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 Pleasant Road (SS1 2HH) in the last 12 months was 825.0 per 1,000 residents and was 275.2% 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 103 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 116 (≈ 483.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pleasant Road (SS1 2HH), 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.