Total Crime Rate

227.9 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 227.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 130.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.9 9/10
  • Other theft 12.7 9/10
  • Public order 12.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.6 8/10
  • Drugs 8.4 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.2 6/10
  • Burglary 4.2 5/10
  • Robbery 4.2 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.1 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Windermere Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Kursaal , and the 57th 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 Windermere Road (SS1 2RF) in the last 12 months was 227.9 per 1,000 residents and was 3.6% higher 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 62 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -46.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 71 (≈ 149.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Windermere Road (SS1 2RF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Glen Mews, where police recorded 89 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fairburn Close (52 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Windermere Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Honiton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Christchurch Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leamington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leamington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wimborne Road Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Public order Glen Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glen Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glen Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Park Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanier Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stromness Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fairburn Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cromer Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Christchurch Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanier Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Christchurch Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Christchurch Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Southchurch Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southchurch Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Boscombe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Boscombe Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boscombe Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Southchurch Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Honiton Road
Sep 2025Robbery Southchurch Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairburn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Fairburn Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanier Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Leamington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ferndown Close Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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