Total Crime Rate

37.2 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 37.2 4/10
  • Other theft 9.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 9.3 2/10
  • Burglary 6.2 6/10
  • Public order 6.2 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Brunswick Road area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 29 local areas in Thorpe , and the 174th lowest crime rate of 530 local areas in Southend-on-Sea .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Brunswick Road (SS1 2UL) in the last 12 months was 37.2 per 1,000 residents and was 19.6% lower than the Thorpe average (46.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 15.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brunswick Road (SS1 2UL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 115 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Victoria Road (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Brunswick Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Bellevue Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 2025Other theft Fernbrook Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Bellevue Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Victoria Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lovelace Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Victoria Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Victoria Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victoria Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victoria Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victoria Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victoria Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victoria Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victoria Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victoria Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Ambleside Drive Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Ambleside Drive Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oakleigh Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Ilfracombe Avenue Formal action is not in the public interest

Data Sources

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