Crime Rates at Stromness Place, Southend-on-sea, SS2 4JH

Stromness Place area has the 6th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Kursaal , and the 23rd highest crime rate of 530 local areas in Southend-on-Sea .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Stromness Place (SS2 4JH) in the last 12 months was 445.6 per 1,000 residents and was 102.6% higher 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 59 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person 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 65 (≈ 221.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 213.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Stromness Place (SS2 4JH), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 115 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.