Total Crime Rate

290.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 290.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 88.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 67.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 42.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.6 8/10
  • Public order 17.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.6 7/10
  • Other theft 10.6 8/10
  • Burglary 7.1 7/10
  • Robbery 3.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Ashes Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Shoeburyness , and the 35th 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 Ashes Road (SS3 9RB) in the last 12 months was 290.8 per 1,000 residents and was 246.9% higher than the Shoeburyness average (83.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 63.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ashes Road (SS3 9RB), the main crime hotspot is near Westgate. Police recorded 34 crimes here, including 7 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Ashes Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Westgate Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westgate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Westgate Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Westgate Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Westgate Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Westgate Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Westgate Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Westgate Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Westgate Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Westgate Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Westgate Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Westgate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Westgate Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Westgate Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Westgate Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Westgate Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Westgate Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Campfield Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Boundary Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Florence Nightingale Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Barge Pier Road —
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Data Sources

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