Total Crime Rate

493.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

358.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 493.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 358.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 327.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 55.4 10/10
  • Public order 23.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.1 9/10
  • Drugs 13.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.2 9/10
  • Other crime 10.6 10/10
  • Other theft 10.6 8/10
  • Burglary 7.9 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.3 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Robbery 2.6 2/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Sweyne Avenue area has the 4th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Victoria , and the 21st highest crime rate of 523 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 Sweyne Avenue (SS2 6FQ) in the last 12 months was 493.4 per 1,000 residents and was 99.9% higher 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 124 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 136 (≈ 358.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sweyne Avenue (SS2 6FQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 316 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (61 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sweyne Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences North Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Summercourt Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tudor Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour North Road
Apr 2026Other crime Balmoral Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Balmoral Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Balmoral Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Balmoral Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Balmoral Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Balmoral Road
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Rayleigh Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rayleigh Avenue
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Chelmsford Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Chelmsford Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Chelmsford Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Chelmsford Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chelmsford Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tudor Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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