Total Crime Rate
447.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
187.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Baxter Avenue area has the 6th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Victoria , and the 23rd 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 Baxter Avenue (SS2 6HY) in the last 12 months was 447.4 per 1,000 residents and was 81.3% 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 50 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 57 (≈ 187.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Baxter Avenue (SS2 6HY), the main crime hotspot is near Great Eastern Avenue. Police recorded 562 crimes here, including 354 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Southend-On-Sea| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Harcourt Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Boston Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Boston Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Boston Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Carnarvon Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Carnarvon Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harcourt Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harcourt Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Harcourt Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boston Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sweyne Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sweyne Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chelmsford Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chelmsford Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chelmsford Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chelmsford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chelmsford Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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