Total Crime Rate
516.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
355.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Caulfield Road area has the highest crime rate of 30 local areas in West Shoebury , and the 19th highest crime rate of 523 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 Caulfield Road (SS3 9LJ) in the last 12 months was 516.0 per 1,000 residents and was 612.1% higher than the West Shoebury average (72.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 98 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 111 (≈ 355.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 63.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Caulfield Road (SS3 9LJ), the main crime hotspot is near Antrim Road. Police recorded 61 crimes here, including 44 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Southend-On-Sea| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Herbert Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Antrim Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longsands | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longsands | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longsands | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longsands | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longsands | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Waterloo Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Waterloo Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Waterloo Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Antrim Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Antrim Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Antrim Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Antrim Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Longsands | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Delaware Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Delaware Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Delaware Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Delaware Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Delaware Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Delaware Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Delaware Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Delaware Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Delaware Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Torrington | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Torrington | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Longsands | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Longsands | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Delaware Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.