Total Crime Rate
954.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Coleman Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Victoria , and the 7th 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 Coleman Street (SS2 5AW) in the last 12 months was 954.7 per 1,000 residents and was 306.9% higher than the Victoria average (234.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 88 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 87.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 109 (≈ 352.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -24.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 31.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Coleman Street (SS2 5AW), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 237 crimes here, including 125 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Victoria| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Prittlewell Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Greyhound Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Greyhound Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Greyhound Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greyhound Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greyhound Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Prittlewell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Coleman Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Coleman Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Coleman Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleman Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleman Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleman Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prittlewell Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Queensway | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prittlewell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Essex Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Maldon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Ann'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Ann'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Ann'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Essex Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
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