Belfairs ward · Southend-on-Sea. Every figure carries its own date.
Boundary: May 2026. Census and crime records have different dates and purposes.
What makes this ward different?
Homes rented privately: 14% here, compared with 26% across Southend-on-Sea (13 percentage points lower).
A larger private-rented sector changes the mix of housing advice, enforcement and tenant support needed. It does not tell us whether individual homes are affordable or safe.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
People aged 65 or over: 28.8% here, compared with 19.1% across Southend-on-Sea (9.7 percentage points higher).
Age helps locate demand for accessible homes, transport and support. Being older does not itself mean someone needs care.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
People aged 16+ with no qualifications: 23.6% here, compared with 19.7% across Southend-on-Sea (3.9 percentage points higher).
Formal qualifications are only one part of someone's skills. Training decisions also need current vacancies, employment and residents' experience.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
Police-recorded locations for Belfairs ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.
389 mapped crimes
September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 371 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.
Mapped crime over time
September 2024 to August 2026
Belfairs ward · mapped crimes
Reviewed figures: September 2024 to August 2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.
Shown on this chart: 32 mapped crimes in September 2024; 31 mapped crimes in August 2026. These are recorded counts; check the coverage notes before comparing periods.
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Monthly crime and anti-social behaviour
Recorded locations by month · Belfairs
Month
Mapped crime
Anti-social behaviour
September 2024
32
1
October 2024
23
4
November 2024
32
0
December 2024
32
0
January 2025
34
3
February 2025
40
2
March 2025
42
1
April 2025
28
3
May 2025
24
4
June 2025
27
1
July 2025
36
2
August 2025
21
2
September 2025
25
2
October 2025
32
4
November 2025
27
1
December 2025
28
2
January 2026
22
2
February 2026
37
2
March 2026
24
2
April 2026
38
0
May 2026
44
6
June 2026
38
5
July 2026
43
6
August 2026
31
4
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Belfairs
Category
Mapped crimes
violent crime
180
other theft
50
vehicle crime
35
criminal damage arson
30
public order
29
burglary
25
shoplifting
14
drugs
11
other crime
7
robbery
3
possession of weapons
3
theft from the person
1
bicycle theft
1
What these numbers include
Approximate published locations, not every crime or personal risk.
Anti-social behaviour is separate. Transport police and records without usable locations are excluded.
Do not compare directly with Scottish council-level recorded crime totals.
These are retrieved mapped records, not a guarantee of complete crime reporting. Approximate locations and unmapped incidents limit comparisons.
Missing ward-months invalidate totals and changes. Busy centres attract visitors, so residential population is not a measure of the number of people exposed.
