Crime Rates at Artillery Avenue, Shoeburyness, Southend-on-sea, SS3 8EE

Artillery Avenue area has the highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Shoeburyness , and the 28th highest crime rate of 530 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 Artillery Avenue (SS3 8EE) in the last 12 months was 374.2 per 1,000 residents and was 346.4% higher than the Shoeburyness average (83.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 174.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Artillery Avenue (SS3 8EE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bridge Close (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.