Total Crime Rate
10.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
10.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Collins Way area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 34 local areas in St Laurence , and the 26th 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 Collins Way (SS9 5UN) in the last 12 months was 10.2 per 1,000 residents and was 84.3% lower than the St Laurence average (65.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 3 cases , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 10.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Collins Way (SS9 5UN), the main crime hotspot is near Lundy Close. Police recorded 28 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In St Laurence| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fastnet | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mayflower Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brendon Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mcdivitt Walk | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Biscay | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Biscay | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Biscay | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Repton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Repton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lundy Close | Under investigation |
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