Total Crime Rate

193.4 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 193.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 96.7 10/10
  • Other theft 17.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.7 6/10
  • Public order 12.7 8/10
  • Drugs 10.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.6 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.6 9/10
  • Burglary 5.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.5 2/10
  • Other crime 2.5 2/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Wimborne Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Kursaal , and the 75th 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 Wimborne Road (SS2 5JG) in the last 12 months was 193.4 per 1,000 residents and was 12.1% lower than the Kursaal average (219.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 117.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 53.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 157.0% 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 169 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Coleman Street (57 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wimborne Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Branksome Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coleman Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Coleman Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Coleman Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Coleman Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coleman Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coleman Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coleman Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Boscombe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Boscombe Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boscombe Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swanage Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swanage Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Swanage Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Branksome Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dryden Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dryden Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wimborne Road Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Ferndown Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tyrrel Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tyrrel Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Tyrrel Drive Local resolution

Data Sources

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