Total Crime Rate

168.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 168.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 77.9 9/10
  • Drugs 30.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.6 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 12.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.5 6/10
  • Other theft 7.5 7/10
  • Burglary 5.0 5/10
  • Robbery 5.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.5 2/10
  • Other crime 2.5 2/10
  • Public order 2.5 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.5 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Grange Gardens area has the 16th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Kursaal , and the 91st 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 Grange Gardens (SS1 2LL) in the last 12 months was 168.3 per 1,000 residents and was 23.4% 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 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 98.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Grange Gardens (SS1 2LL), 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 Grange Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft York Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery St Leonard'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coleman Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coleman Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Horace Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Horace Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Horace Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order St Leonard'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Leonard'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coleman Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Leonard'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Queensway Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coleman Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Coleman Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Heygate Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hastings Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heygate Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heygate Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Heygate Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Heygate Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Heygate Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Herbert Grove
Sep 2025Drugs Coleman Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Herbert Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons A1160 Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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