Total Crime Rate

105.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

57.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 105.4 8/10
  • Violent crimes 57.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.6 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.6 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.8 5/10
  • Public order 6.8 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Walsingham Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in St. Luke's , and the 176th 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 Walsingham Road (SS2 4AN) in the last 12 months was 105.4 per 1,000 residents and was 13.3% higher than the St. Luke's average (93.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 57.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 27.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Walsingham Road (SS2 4AN), the main crime hotspot is near Dryden Avenue. Police recorded 64 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Walsingham Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/33)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Ferndale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Lawn Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Dryden Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Dryden Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Dryden Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dryden Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dryden Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dryden Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tennyson Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Shelley Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Shelley Square Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shelley Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Royston Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lawn Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lawn Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lawn Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Lyndale Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Ely Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Selbourne Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Luke'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Central Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Central Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Central Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Central Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Central Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Dryden Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
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Data Sources

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