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

Short Street area has the 16th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Victoria , and the 61st highest crime rate of 523 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 221.8 per 1,000 residents and was 10.1% lower than the Victoria average (246.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 114.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -30.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 51 (≈ 106.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -90.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Short Street (SS2 5BX), the main crime hotspot is near Great Eastern Avenue. Police recorded 562 crimes here, including 354 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.