Postcode · Leigh-on-Sea
Crime in SS9 3QX
How much crime is recorded in SS9 3QX, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- West Leigh
- Council
- Southend-on-Sea
- Region
- East of England
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,317 (2024)
SS9 3QXLeigh-on-Sea
How safe is SS9 3QX
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 17.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in the SS9 3QX area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
17.5
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
21
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).
SS9 3QXNational
Burglary13.49.1
Violence and sexual offences9.923.6
Vehicle crime3.73.5
Anti-social behaviour1.410.7
Drugs0.72.4
Criminal damage and arson0.74.7
Public order0.64.6
Other theft0.04.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 11% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.