Here follows an extract from the Annual Crime Report 2015-2016:
There were 14254 crimes last year; this represents:
Southend Crime Increase - 10.8%
Essex Crime Increase - 11.5%
There were marginally less sexual offences, burglary
(other) and vehicle crime, but an increase in crime in all other classifications;
there were 734 more ‘violence without injury offences’, which was our biggest
issue. This crime group now includes malicious communications and social media
offences so we are hoping that with changing reporting mechanisms, this year
may be the bench mark for future crime recording.
We have solved 22% of all crime
The demands of Southend Policing remain: 175,000
population; 6 million visitors each year, the third best attended theme park in
the Country, Southend United Football Club, and a significant seasonal
variation of 27% during the summer months.
The report also included statistics on crimes per ward in
the borough, presented in tabular form:
|
Ward
|
Number of Crimes
|
%
|
Rank
|
|
Milton
|
2855
|
20.03
|
1
|
|
Victoria
|
1643
|
11.53
|
2
|
|
Kursaal
|
1482
|
10.40
|
3
|
|
Prittlewell
|
834
|
5.85
|
4
|
|
Southchurch
|
783
|
5.49
|
5
|
|
Shoebury
|
727
|
5.10
|
6
|
|
St Lukes
|
717
|
5.03
|
7
|
|
Chalkwell
|
711
|
4.99
|
8
|
|
Westborough
|
652
|
4.57
|
9
|
|
St Lawrence
|
629
|
4.41
|
10
|
|
Leigh
|
615
|
4.31
|
11
|
|
West Shoebury
|
590
|
4.13
|
12
|
|
Blenheim Park
|
509
|
3.57
|
13
|
|
Thorpe
|
421
|
2.95
|
14
|
|
Belfairs
|
406
|
2.84
|
15
|
|
West Leigh
|
352
|
2.47
|
16
|
|
Eastwood Park
|
328
|
2.30
|
17
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
14254
|
100
|
|
Milton is the town centre ward, has the majority of nightclubs
plus other entertainment venues. It also has two high streets, the pier, many
pubs and restaurants, etc. However, I cannot take any joy in Milton being
foremost in the Borough (and probably all of Essex) in respect of crimes
reported, just over a fifth of all reported for the borough.
Whilst to some extent crime reporting may be more
diligently undertaken in Milton ward, the fact that this ward is nearly twice
as crime-ridden as the wards in second and third place, and four times as
crime-ridden as the next nearest wards, is a worry.
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