Total Crime Rate

214.6 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 214.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 114.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 26.8 10/10
  • Public order 23.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.2 7/10
  • Other theft 15.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.7 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Robbery 3.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Lonsdale Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 29 local areas in St. Luke's , and the 67th 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 Lonsdale Road (SS2 4LH) in the last 12 months was 214.6 per 1,000 residents and was 141.0% 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -41.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 145.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lonsdale Road (SS2 4LH), 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 Lonsdale Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lornes Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Crossfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Lornes Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Eastcote Grove —
Sep 2025Robbery Eastcote Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Selwyn Road Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eastcote Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eastcote Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lewes Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Archer Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lonsdale Road —
Sep 2025Other crime Lornes Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Seaforth Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cumberland Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grovelands Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grovelands Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Grovelands Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Grovelands Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cumberland Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
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Data Sources

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