Police recorded 141 theft from the person offences in Southend-on-Sea in the 12 months to June 2026, down 2.1% (3) on the previous 12 months. That is 0.8 per 1,000 residents against 1.7 for England and Wales.
Home Office · data.police.uk
street-level crime archive, category “Theft from the person”
local authority via LSOA lookup
population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 185,214
Monthly, May 2013 to June 2026
Offences recorded in this category each month, from the street-level archivePublished valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value
Each year since 2011
Year to
Offences
Per 1,000
Population year
June 2011
0 (partial)
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June 2012
2,692
15.4
2012
June 2013
3,445
19.5
2013
June 2014
3,450
19.3
2014
June 2015
3,088
17.2
2015
June 2016
3,502
19.4
2016
June 2017
3,379
18.6
2017
June 2018
3,366
18.5
2018
June 2019
3,267
17.9
2019
June 2020
2,588
14.3
2020
June 2021
2,406
13.3
2021
June 2022
2,762
15.3
2022
June 2023
3,020
16.6
2023
June 2024
3,242
17.6
2024
June 2025
3,155
17.0
2025
June 2026
3,706
20.0
2025
What this measures
Theft of property directly from a person without force, such as pickpocketing.
Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics.
A higher recorded rate does not mean an area is more dangerous.