Total Crime Rate

509.4 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 509.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 195.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 122.6 10/10
  • Other theft 47.2 10/10
  • Public order 47.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.2 10/10
  • Drugs 18.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.7 7/10
  • Robbery 15.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.7 9/10
  • Burglary 3.1 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Riviera Drive area has the 5th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Kursaal , and the 17th highest crime rate of 530 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 Riviera Drive (SS1 2RB) in the last 12 months was 509.4 per 1,000 residents and was 131.7% higher than the Kursaal average (219.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 62 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 60 (≈ 188.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Riviera Drive (SS1 2RB), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 115 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Riviera Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/52)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leamington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Southchurch Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fowler Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ilfracombe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ilfracombe Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Ilfracombe Avenue Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stromness Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Lovelace Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Lovelace Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lovelace Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Park Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leamington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Leamington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
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Data Sources

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