Total Crime Rate
113.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Stornoway 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.
View Crime In St. Luke's| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Surbiton Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grovelands | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Grovelands | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ilfracombe Avenue | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ilfracombe Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ilfracombe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Seaforth Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Surbiton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grovelands | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Grovelands | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Richmond Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lovelace Avenue | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lovelace Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lovelace Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Surbiton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Stornoway Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lonsdale Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bellevue Mews | Under investigation |
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