Total Crime Rate
410.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
209.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Southchurch Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Kursaal , and the 28th highest crime rate of 523 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 Southchurch Road (SS1 2PE) in the last 12 months was 410.6 per 1,000 residents and was 82.9% higher than the Kursaal average (224.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 75 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 103 (≈ 209.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Southchurch Road (SS1 2PE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 228 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near York Road (123 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Southend-On-Sea| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fairburn Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hastings Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hastings Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hastings Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hastings Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanier Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fairburn Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fairburn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fairburn Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Hastings Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fairburn Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fairburn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairburn Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairburn Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairburn Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Fairburn Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanier Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lancaster Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hastings Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lancaster Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferndown Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanier Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Southchurch Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southchurch Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southchurch Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southchurch Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kilworth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kilworth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kilworth Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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