Postcode · Southend-on-Sea
Crime in SS3 9UX
How much crime is recorded in SS3 9UX, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Shoeburyness
- Council
- Southend-on-Sea
- Region
- East of England
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,383 (2024)
How safe is SS3 9UX
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 21.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in the SS3 9UX area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
21.3
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
37
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
SS3 9UXNational
Violence and sexual offences14.623.6
Burglary5.19.1
Vehicle crime4.53.5
Anti-social behaviour4.510.7
Other theft3.54.5
Public order3.44.6
Criminal damage and arson2.14.7
Other crime1.71.5
Robbery0.51.4
Drugs0.52.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 43% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.