Southend-on-Sea

180,686 people · median £330,000

Southend-on-Sea Council · Labour / Independent / Liberal Democrat coalition 25/51 seats · 49% · OCD 2026

Overview Valuation Safety Who lives here Schools Health Getting around Environment Amenities & economy

Loading…

How safe is it? This district

Crime runs at 12.1 per 1,000 residents a month — above the 9.9 average across districts Acreright covers. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.

Crime rate

Monthly recorded crimes across the whole district

Per 1,000 / month12.1

Average across Acreright-covered districts9.9

Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months district

Violence and sexual offences

8,099

Anti-social behaviour

2,200

Shoplifting

1,781

Criminal damage and arson

1,213

Other theft

1,140

Public order

1,106

Recorded crimes by category across the whole district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

On or near	Crimes
Petrol Station	571
Parking Area	446
Nightclub	298
Supermarket	228
Weston Road	133

Busiest anonymised "on or near" markers over the last 6 months — click a row to centre the crime map there · retail-heavy spots naturally rank high (shoplifting concentrates where the shops are), and some forces log crimes at their police station, so a station can rank high without the crime happening there · police.uk

Loading…