Total Crime Rate
7.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Raphael Drive area has the lowest crime rate of 37 local areas in Shoeburyness , and the 16th lowest crime rate of 523 local areas in Southend-on-Sea .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Raphael Drive (SS3 9UW) in the last 12 months was 7.3 per 1,000 residents and was 91.6% lower than the Shoeburyness average (86.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -86.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Raphael Drive (SS3 9UW), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 18 crimes here, including 11 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 | Friars Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Constable Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rubens Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turner Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Friars Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Centurion Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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