Total Crime Rate
147.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
76.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Crossfield Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in St. Luke's , and the 111th 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 Crossfield Road (SS2 4LS) in the last 12 months was 147.0 per 1,000 residents and was 57.9% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 76.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 41.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Crossfield Road (SS2 4LS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Archer Avenue, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hamstel Road (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Southend-On-Sea| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seaforth Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Crossfield Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grovelands | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grovelands | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lonsdale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Durham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cokefield Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cokefield Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cokefield Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lonsdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Archer Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Archer Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Archer Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seaforth Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rylands Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rylands Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Philpott Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamstel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cumberland Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cumberland Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Eastcote Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Philpott Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Peartree Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Philpott Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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