Total Crime Rate

216.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 216.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 124.1 10/10
  • Other theft 21.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.2 6/10
  • Public order 10.6 7/10
  • Shoplifting 7.1 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.1 6/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Robbery 3.6 5/10
  • Theft from the person 3.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

East Street area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in Victoria , and the 64th highest crime rate of 530 local areas in Southend-on-Sea .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around East Street (SS2 5EE) in the last 12 months was 216.3 per 1,000 residents and was 7.8% lower 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 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 138.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around East Street (SS2 5EE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Glenhurst Road, where police recorded 83 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Crowborough Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in East Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting East Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Glenhurst Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crowborough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crowborough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Crowborough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Crowborough Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Crowborough Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Glenhurst Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Glenhurst Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Glenhurst Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Glenhurst Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Glenhurst Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crowborough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Glenhurst Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Glenhurst Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Glenhurst Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Glenhurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Glenhurst Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Glenhurst Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Glenhurst Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Glenhurst Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Glenhurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Stuart Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crowborough Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crowborough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ennismore Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting East Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences East Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Priory Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kenway Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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