Total Crime Rate
35.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
20.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kipling Mews area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in Victoria , and the 171st lowest crime rate of 523 local areas in Southend-on-Sea .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Kipling Mews (SS2 5EH) in the last 12 months was 35.7 per 1,000 residents and was 85.5% 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 Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -22.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 20.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 47.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kipling Mews (SS2 5EH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Glenhurst Road, where police recorded 133 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wentworth Road (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Southend-On-Sea| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ruskin Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shelley Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Bircham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gayton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gayton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redstock Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redstock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redstock Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Greyhound Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maple Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Kenway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shelley Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shelley Square | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cedar Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wordsworth Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Vale Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glenhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glenhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glenhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Glenhurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Oakhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oakhurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Oakhurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Glenhurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Glenhurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Oakhurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakhurst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Glenhurst Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wordsworth Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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