Crime Rates at Vale Avenue, Southend-on-sea, SS2 5FU

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 5FU) 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 5FU), 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.