Total Crime Rate

181.6 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 181.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 64.7 9/10
  • Shoplifting 32.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.4 8/10
  • Public order 10.0 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.5 9/10
  • Robbery 7.5 8/10
  • Drugs 5.0 6/10
  • Other theft 5.0 5/10
  • Other crime 2.5 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Ennismore Gardens area has the 5th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in St. Luke's , and the 86th 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 Ennismore Gardens (SS2 5RB) in the last 12 months was 181.6 per 1,000 residents and was 103.9% higher than the St. Luke's average (89.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 89.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 44.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ennismore Gardens (SS2 5RB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Glenhurst Road, where police recorded 83 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near East Street (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ennismore Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences East Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Glenhurst Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Glenhurst Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Glenhurst Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Glenhurst Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Glenhurst Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Glenhurst Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Glenhurst Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Glenhurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Glenhurst Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Glenhurst Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Glenhurst Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Glenhurst Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Glenhurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Station Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kenway Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kenway Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Priory Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ennismore Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ennismore Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ennismore Gardens
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting East Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Glenhurst Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Glenhurst Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting East Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Penhurst Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Priory Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Priory Crescent Under investigation

Data Sources

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