Crime Rates at Short Street, Southend-on-sea, SS2 5BX

Short Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Victoria , and the 43rd highest crime rate of 530 local areas in Southend-on-Sea .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Short Street (SS2 5BX) in the last 12 months was 261.5 per 1,000 residents and was 11.5% 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 55 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 64 (≈ 133.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Short Street (SS2 5BX), the main crime hotspot is near Great Eastern Avenue. Police recorded 566 crimes here, including 371 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.