Total Crime Rate

35.4 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 35.4 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.1 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.7 5/10
  • Drugs 9.7 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Leicester Avenue area has the 25th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Hawkwell East , and the 122nd highest crime rate of 264 local areas in Rochford .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Leicester Avenue (SS4 1JL) in the last 12 months was 35.4 per 1,000 residents and was 10.5% lower than the Hawkwell East average (39.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 3 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 16.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 21.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Leicester Avenue (SS4 1JL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rochefort Drive, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Warwick Drive (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Leicester Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Queen Elizabeth Chase Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Ravenswood Chase Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leicester Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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