Crime Statistics for Southchurch, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, 2024

There were a total of 209 street level crime incidents in Southchurch in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Southchurch, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	90
Anti Social Behaviour	26
Other Theft	21
Criminal Damage Arson	19
Public Order	15
Vehicle Crime	13
Drugs	12
Shoplifting	3
Other Crime	3
Robbery	2
Theft From The Person	2
Burglary	1
Bicycle Theft	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
All Crime	209

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Southchurch. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Southchurch

We've taken the ten nearest places to Southchurch and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Southchurch has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Southend-on-Sea (1.96 miles)	710
Southchurch	209
North Shoebury (1.39 miles)	91
Bournes Green (0.88 miles)	86
Shoeburyness (1.96 miles)	61
Shoebury Ness (2.18 miles)	61
Great Wakering (2.77 miles)	61
Cambridge Town (1.39 miles)	41
Stonebridge (1.96 miles)	27
Little Wakering (2.63 miles)	26

Where are the most violent places near Southchurch?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Southchurch and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Southend-on-Sea	307
Southchurch	90
Bournes Green	39
North Shoebury	36
Shoeburyness	29
Shoebury Ness	29
Great Wakering	29
Cambridge Town	16
Stonebridge	15
Little Wakering	15

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Southchurch?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Southchurch to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Southchurch compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Southchurch and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Resident in Southchurch have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Milton.

#	Ward	Score
1	Milton	91
2	Kursaal	90
3	Victoria	83
4	Roche South	66
5	St. Luke's	64
6	Shoeburyness	64
7	Westborough	58
8	Southchurch	56
9	Chalkwell	56
10	West Shoebury	50
11	Thorpe	49

Which road in Southchurch has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Southchurch with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Warwick Road.