Total Crime Rate
398.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
226.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Carnarvon Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Victoria , and the 30th 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 Carnarvon Road (SS2 6LR) in the last 12 months was 398.5 per 1,000 residents and was 61.5% 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 Other crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 1100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 59 (≈ 226.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 47.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Carnarvon Road (SS2 6LR), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boston Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baxter Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baxter Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | East Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Boston Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Boston Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Boston Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boston Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boston Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boston Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boston Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boston Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Carnarvon Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boston Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Great Eastern Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Great Eastern Avenue | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Great Eastern Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Great Eastern Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Great Eastern Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Great Eastern Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Great Eastern Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Great Eastern Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Great Eastern Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Great Eastern Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Carnarvon Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
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