Crime Rates at Southchurch Road, Southend-on-sea, SS1 2LX

Southchurch Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Milton , and the 4th 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 Southchurch Road (SS1 2LX) in the last 12 months was 1663.8 per 1,000 residents and was 447.1% higher than the Milton average (304.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 288 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 5 cases , up 25.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 37.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -27.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 365 (≈ 776.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Southchurch Road (SS1 2LX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Deeping, where police recorded 317 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (172 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.