Total Crime Rate

187.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 187.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 77.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.5 9/10
  • Public order 28.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.2 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.1 9/10
  • Other theft 8.1 7/10
  • Shoplifting 8.1 5/10
  • Burglary 4.1 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.1 4/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

High Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Leigh , and the 81st highest crime rate of 530 local areas in Southend-on-Sea .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (SS9 2EN) in the last 12 months was 187.0 per 1,000 residents and was 230.7% higher than the Leigh average (56.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 109.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (SS9 2EN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Church Hill (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Rectory Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Church Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Church Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broadway West Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Church Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Alley Dock Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Church Hill Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Grange Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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