Crime Rates at West Street, Southend-on-sea, SS2 6HH

West Street area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in Victoria , and the 149th highest crime rate of 523 local areas in Southend-on-Sea .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around West Street (SS2 6HH) in the last 12 months was 125.8 per 1,000 residents and was 49.0% lower 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 56.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around West Street (SS2 6HH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 316 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Avebury Road (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.