Total Crime Rate
85.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
51.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Frobisher Way area has the 14th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Shoeburyness , and the 216th highest crime rate of 523 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 Frobisher Way (SS3 8XA) in the last 12 months was 85.8 per 1,000 residents and was 1.1% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 51.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Frobisher Way (SS3 8XA), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 46 crimes here, including 13 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 | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackwater Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dovecote | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dovecote | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Puffin Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodcotes | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Linnet Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Toucan Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandpiper Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingfisher Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Falcon Way | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Osprey Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Falcon Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Falcon Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingfisher Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sandpiper Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sandpiper Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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