Total Crime Rate
190.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
106.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wimborne Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Kursaal , and the 76th 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 Wimborne Road (SS2 5JG) in the last 12 months was 190.8 per 1,000 residents and was 15.0% lower than the Kursaal average (224.4 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 106.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 55.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wimborne Road (SS2 5JG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 228 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Coleman Street (77 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 | Ferndown Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dryden Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Glen Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glen Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glen Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glen Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coleman Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dryden Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dryden Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dryden Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lancaster Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Glen Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Glen Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Glen Mews | — |
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