Vehicle crime by area
Car crime in Southend-on-Sea
Southend-on-Sea (unitary authority) averaged 1,054 police-recorded vehicle offences a year in 2024/25 and 2025/26, against 79,596 privately kept licensed cars: a rate of 13.2 per 1,000 cars, 1.10× the England and Wales rate of 12.1. It ranks 83 of 316 local authorities (1 is highest).
Data to 2026-03-31 · Page updated 2026-09-28 · Publisher: 73 Auto
- Offences per 1,000 cars
- 13.2
- 1,054 offences a year, 2024/25 and 2025/26
- vs England & Wales
- 1.10×
- national rate 12.1
- Rank
- 83 of 316
- 15 of 62 english unitary authorities
How Southend-on-Sea compares
Official data. Southend-on-Sea's rate is 69% above the median local authority (7.8), which puts it in the middle half of the 316 areas.
Among the 62 english unitary authorities, it is 67% above the middle one (7.9) and ranks 15: in the highest quarter of its type.
| Comparison | Per 1,000 cars | Southend-on-Sea vs it |
|---|---|---|
| Southend-on-Sea | 13.2 | — |
| England and Wales (all offences ÷ all cars) | 12.1 | 1.10× |
| Median of 316 areas | 7.8 | 1.69× |
| All english unitary authorities pooled | 8.7 | 1.51× |
| Median of english unitary authorities | 7.9 | 1.67× |
Areas ranked either side
| Rank | Area | Type | Per 1,000 cars |
|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | Blaenau Gwent | Welsh unitary authority | 13.9 |
| 81 | Cheltenham | shire district | 13.7 |
| 82 | Hertsmere | shire district | 13.5 |
| 83 | Southend-on-Sea | unitary authority | 13.2 |
| 84 | Calderdale | metropolitan district | 13.2 |
| 85 | Kingston upon Hull | unitary authority | 13.2 |
| 86 | Gateshead | metropolitan district | 13.0 |
How the 73 Auto insurance estimate treats Southend-on-Sea
73 Auto estimate, not a quote. Southend-on-Sea's vehicle-crime index is 1.10 (its rate ÷ the national rate). That is inside the range the model uses unchanged. The collision part of the premium is multiplied by 1.09 (index^0.94) and the theft part by 1.10 (index^1).
Against the UK-average area (index 0.92), that makes the estimate for the reference driver (age 48, clean record, group 20 car) about 15% higher. The estimate uses your postcode district's index, listed below, not the authority figure directly. The area weighting was fitted to 7 published area premiums (leave-one-out error 13% against 19% with no area effect). See how 73 Auto estimates insurance.
Postcode districts mapped to Southend-on-Sea
Districts where most privately kept cars are in Southend-on-Sea. A district's index is the car-weighted average of the authorities it covers, so the 2 that cross into a neighbouring authority differ from Southend-on-Sea's 1.10. The last column is the 73 Auto estimate relativity for the reference driver.
| District | Cars | Index | Estimate vs UK-average area |
|---|---|---|---|
| SS0 | 16,820 | 1.10 | 1.15× |
| SS1 | 12,313 | 1.10 | 1.15× |
| SS2 | 15,716 | 1.09 | 1.14× |
| SS3 | 14,850 | 0.90 | 0.98× |
| SS9 | 25,473 | 1.08 | 1.13× |
Limitations
Police-recorded crime only: unreported offences are missing, and recording practice varies between forces.
The rate is per car registered to a keeper in Southend-on-Sea, not per car on its streets. Where many commuters or visitors park, offences against their cars count here while the cars count elsewhere, which pushes the rate up.
Offences a police force did not assign to an area are shared across its areas by car numbers. Scotland and Northern Ireland are not covered.
Estimate insurance for a car kept in Southend-on-Sea
Enter a UK registration, then add your postcode to see how your district's vehicle-crime index moves that car's insurance estimate. Your first check is free and shows the vehicle summary and its headline ownership cost. The category-by-category breakdown is part of a paid check.
UK number plate or 17-character VIN
Where these figures come from
- Official data: Police recorded crime by Community Safety Partnership, year ending March 2025 and March 2026 — Home Office. Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Official data: Licensed vehicles by small area (VEH0125), privately kept cars, 2026 Q2 — Department for Transport. Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Official data: Postcode to LSOA to local authority lookup (August 2026) — Office for National Statistics (Open Geography Portal). Open Government Licence v3.0; contains OS data (c) Crown copyright and database right; contains Royal Mail data (c) Royal Mail copyright and database right; contains National Statistics data (c) Crown copyright and database right.
- 73 Auto analysis: area index and insurance relativities from the Insurance V2 model (insurance-v2.0) — 73 Auto. Our own calculation from the sources above.
Figures labelled as 73 Auto estimates are our own analysis of these sources, set out in the methodology and data sources. To report a factual error, see corrections.