Total Crime Rate
442.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
237.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Manilla Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Kursaal , and the 24th 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 Manilla Road (SS1 2TS) in the last 12 months was 442.2 per 1,000 residents and was 97.0% 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 63 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 82 (≈ 237.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Manilla Road (SS1 2TS), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 95 crimes here, including 39 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Southend-On-Sea| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Retort Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burdett Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manilla Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beresford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Beresford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beresford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brunswick Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brunswick Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Retort Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leamington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Leamington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawtree Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manilla Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawtree Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hawtree Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hawtree Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hawtree Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kursaal Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kursaal Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kursaal Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kensington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Kensington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Manilla Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Retort Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Retort Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Southchurch Hall Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arnold Avenue | Under investigation |
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