Total Crime Rate

109.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 109.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 82.4 10/10
  • Other crime 16.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.5 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Caversham Avenue area has the 12th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Shoeburyness , and the 160th 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 Caversham Avenue (SS3 8TX) in the last 12 months was 109.9 per 1,000 residents and was 31.1% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 87.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Caversham Avenue (SS3 8TX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Caversham Avenue, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Peregrine Close (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Caversham Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mallards Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackwater Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peregrine Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mallards Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Datchet Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Osprey Close Local resolution
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Data Sources

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