Shoeburyness
Middle areaEast Southend-on-Sea. 11,724 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 3.8 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Shoeburyness live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Shoeburyness
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Shoeburyness at a rate of 88.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 114.8 per 1,000 people across Southend-on-Sea.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 437 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 171 |
| Other crime | 133 |
| Shoplifting | 92 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 75 |
| Vehicle crime | 61 |
| Burglary | 39 |
| Drug offences | 22 |
| Robbery | 9 |
| Theft from the person | 3 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Shoeburyness compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Shoeburyness safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Shoeburyness at a rate of 88.9 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 114.8 per 1,000 people across Southend-on-Sea.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 118 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Shoeburyness.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (437), anti-social behaviour (171) and other crime (133).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Southend-on-Sea
These figures are published for the whole of Southend-on-Sea, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Southend-on-Sea and not Shoeburyness alone. See Southend-on-Sea
Shoeburyness in brief
The median price paid for a home in Shoeburyness was £315,000 in 2025.
Shoeburyness had 11,676 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Shoeburyness live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Shoeburyness, 98.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.