Friday 14 April 2017

Top five crimes in Southend



David Webb is a regular question setter at Council meetings. One this week interested me, well the answer elucidated some fascinating data.

Last year there was 15,012 crimes in Southend-on-Sea - some 12.5% (an eighth) of all crime reported in Essex.

The top five crimes by volume in Southend-on-Sea were as follows:

Classification
Number of offences
%
Theft
3523
24%
Violence without injury
2757
18%
Criminal damage
1835
12%
Violence with injury
1623
11%
Vehicle crime
1459
10%

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