Total Crime Rate
493.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
358.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sweyne 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.
View Crime In Southend-On-Sea| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Further/Higher Educational Building | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Summercourt Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tudor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Balmoral Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmoral Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmoral Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balmoral Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Balmoral Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Balmoral Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rayleigh Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rayleigh Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chelmsford Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chelmsford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chelmsford Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chelmsford Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chelmsford Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tudor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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