Total Crime Rate
131.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
83.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sycamore Grove area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in Victoria , and the 134th highest crime rate of 523 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 Sycamore Grove (SS2 5HE) in the last 12 months was 131.0 per 1,000 residents and was 46.9% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 83.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sycamore Grove (SS2 5HE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dryden Avenue, where police recorded 64 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sycamore Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawn Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dryden Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dryden Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dryden Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dryden Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dryden Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dryden Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cedar Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lawn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ruskin Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redstock Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maple Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redstock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wentworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wentworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wentworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redstock Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawn Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wordsworth Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dryden Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wordsworth Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shelley Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shelley Square | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shelley Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Royston Avenue | Under investigation |
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