Total Crime Rate

129.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 129.0 8/10
  • Shoplifting 56.5 8/10
  • Public order 24.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.1 3/10
  • Theft from the person 8.1 8/10
  • Burglary 4.0 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.0 3/10
  • Drugs 4.0 5/10
  • Other theft 4.0 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Cole Avenue area has the 7th highest crime rate of 34 local areas in St Laurence , and the 132nd highest crime rate of 530 local areas in Southend-on-Sea .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cole Avenue (SS2 6BT) in the last 12 months was 129.0 per 1,000 residents and was 89.2% higher than the St Laurence average (68.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 36.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cole Avenue (SS2 6BT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gannet Close, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Priory Crescent (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cole Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Priory Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Gannet Close Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Burglary Priory Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trask Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gannet Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gannet Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Gannet Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Gannet Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Thornford Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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