Total Crime Rate
12.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Beech Avenue area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 49 local areas in Lodge , and the 42nd lowest crime rate of 261 local areas in Rochford .
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 Beech Avenue (SS6 8AE) in the last 12 months was 12.9 per 1,000 residents and was 59.3% lower than the Lodge average (31.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beech Avenue (SS6 8AE), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 74 crimes here, including 60 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bellingham Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harper Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harper Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harper Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Malvern Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Malvern Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barringtons Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barringtons Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barringtons Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bellingham Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Malvern Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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