Total Crime Rate

139.5 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 139.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 69.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.6 9/10
  • Drugs 13.3 9/10
  • Public order 13.3 8/10
  • Other theft 10.0 8/10
  • Other crime 6.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.3 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 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

Fernbrook Avenue area has the 6th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Southchurch , and the 117th 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 Fernbrook Avenue (SS1 2QW) in the last 12 months was 139.5 per 1,000 residents and was 84.4% higher than the Southchurch average (75.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -85.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 83.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fernbrook Avenue (SS1 2QW), the main crime hotspot is near Fernbrook Avenue. Police recorded 34 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Fernbrook Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Apollo Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Surbiton Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beaufort Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Surbiton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Surbiton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lovelace Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Lovelace Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Lovelace Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Beaufort Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Richmond Street —
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southchurch Rectory Chase Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oakleigh Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Fernbrook Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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