Total Crime Rate

115.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 115.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.9 9/10
  • Shoplifting 24.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.8 6/10
  • Other theft 12.4 8/10
  • Drugs 8.3 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.1 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.1 7/10
  • Public order 4.1 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.1 4/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Fastnet area has the 10th highest crime rate of 34 local areas in St Laurence , and the 150th highest crime rate of 530 local areas in Southend-on-Sea .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Fastnet (SS2 6TX) in the last 12 months was 115.7 per 1,000 residents and was 69.6% higher than the St Laurence average (68.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 33.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 151.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fastnet (SS2 6TX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Biscay (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Fastnet area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Biscay Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Biscay Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Western Approaches Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Rockall Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fastnet —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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