Total Crime Rate

113.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 113.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 64.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.9 3/10
  • Burglary 4.9 5/10
  • Other crime 4.9 7/10
  • Other theft 4.9 5/10
  • Public order 4.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Stornoway Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in St. Luke's , and the 154th 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 Stornoway Road (SS2 4NX) in the last 12 months was 113.3 per 1,000 residents and was 27.2% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 69.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 146.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Stornoway Road (SS2 4NX), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 142 crimes here, including 45 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Stornoway Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Surbiton Road
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grovelands Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Grovelands Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Ilfracombe Avenue Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ilfracombe Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ilfracombe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Seaforth Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Surbiton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grovelands Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Grovelands Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Richmond Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Lovelace Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Lovelace Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lovelace Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Surbiton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stornoway Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lonsdale Road
Sep 2025Other theft Bellevue Mews Under investigation

Data Sources

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