Total Crime Rate
17.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
17.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Collingwood Way area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 37 local areas in Shoeburyness , and the 52nd lowest crime rate of 523 local areas in Southend-on-Sea .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Collingwood Way (SS3 8BT) in the last 12 months was 17.4 per 1,000 residents and was 79.9% lower than the Shoeburyness average (86.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 5 cases , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 17.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Collingwood Way (SS3 8BT), the main crime hotspot is near Cunningham Close. Police recorded 22 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Shoeburyness| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keyes Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingfisher Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowbank Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carmania Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Osprey Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carmania Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchfields | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Falcon Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Falcon Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Falcon Way | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cunningham Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingfisher Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Toucan Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Linnet Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Puffin Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dovecote | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dovecote | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sunbury Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caversham Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackwater Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cunningham Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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