Crime Rates at Mountbatten Drive, Shoeburyness, Southend-on-sea, SS3 8UB

Mountbatten Drive area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 37 local areas in Shoeburyness , and the 183rd lowest crime rate of 530 local areas in Southend-on-Sea .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Mountbatten Drive (SS3 8UB) in the last 12 months was 38.5 per 1,000 residents and was 54.1% lower 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 29.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mountbatten Drive (SS3 8UB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Puffin Place, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Caversham Avenue (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.