Total Crime Rate

98.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

52.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 98.7 8/10
  • Violent crimes 52.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 13.2 10/10
  • Other theft 13.2 9/10
  • Burglary 6.6 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Vale Avenue area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in Victoria , and the 185th highest crime rate of 523 local areas in Southend-on-Sea .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Vale Avenue (SS2 5DP) in the last 12 months was 98.7 per 1,000 residents and was 60.0% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 52.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vale Avenue (SS2 5DP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Glenhurst Road, where police recorded 133 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Crowborough Road (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Vale Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Crowborough Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Crowborough Road
Apr 2026Burglary Oakhurst Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Oakhurst Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Greyhound Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Oakhurst Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oakhurst Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Glenhurst Road
Apr 2026Shoplifting Glenhurst Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Glenhurst Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Glenhurst Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Glenhurst Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Glenhurst Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Glenhurst Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Vale Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cedar Close
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Station Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Crowborough Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Crowborough Road
Apr 2026Burglary Short Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Crowborough Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Crowborough Road
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Bircham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Gayton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gayton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Crowborough Road
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Crowborough Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Maple Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Redstock Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Redstock Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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