Total Crime Rate

229.8 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 229.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 80.9 10/10
  • Drugs 42.6 10/10
  • Public order 25.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.0 9/10
  • Robbery 12.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.5 6/10
  • Other theft 8.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.3 6/10
  • Burglary 4.3 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.3 7/10
  • Theft from the person 4.3 6/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Pleasant Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Kursaal , and the 56th highest crime rate of 530 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 Pleasant Road (SS1 2HQ) in the last 12 months was 229.8 per 1,000 residents and was 4.5% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 1800.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 123.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 625.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pleasant Road (SS1 2HQ), 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 Pleasant Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Honiton Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cromer Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order St Leonard'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery St Leonard'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 2025Drugs Southchurch Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hillcrest Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southchurch Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Southchurch Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A1160 Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Horace Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A1160 Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A1160 Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime A1160 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons A1160 Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marine Parade —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hastings Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hastings Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nightclub Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Herbert Grove —

Data Sources

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