Crime Rates at Ambleside Drive, Southend-on-sea, SS1 2UT

Ambleside Drive area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in Kursaal , and the 114th 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 Ambleside Drive (SS1 2UT) in the last 12 months was 140.2 per 1,000 residents and was 36.2% lower 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 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 100.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 111.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ambleside Drive (SS1 2UT), the main crime hotspot is near Old Southend Road. Police recorded 167 crimes here, including 107 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.