Total Crime Rate
115.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
71.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Arterial Road area has the highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Belfairs , and the 164th highest crime rate of 523 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 Arterial Road (SS9 4DS) in the last 12 months was 115.5 per 1,000 residents and was 197.4% higher than the Belfairs average (38.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -7.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 71.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Arterial Road (SS9 4DS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Gables, where police recorded 11 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Larchwood Close (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Belfairs| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Larchwood Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Hays | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Hays | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Hays | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Gables | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Gables | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grovewood Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grovewood Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Larchwood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Larchwood Close | Under investigation |
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