Total Crime Rate

141.0 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 141.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 63.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 39.9 9/10
  • Other theft 10.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.0 6/10
  • Other crime 5.3 7/10
  • Public order 5.3 5/10
  • Burglary 2.7 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.7 2/10
  • Robbery 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Eastern Avenue area has the 7th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in St. Luke's , and the 113th highest crime rate of 530 local areas in Southend-on-Sea .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Eastern Avenue (SS2 4BN) in the last 12 months was 141.0 per 1,000 residents and was 58.3% higher than the St. Luke's average (89.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 74.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Eastern Avenue (SS2 4BN), the main crime hotspot is near Lornes Close. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Eastern Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cumberland Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Archer Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cumberland Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lewes Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eastcote Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eastcote Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Eastcote Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Eastcote Grove —
Sep 2025Other crime Lornes Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lornes Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Lornes Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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