Is Southend safe? United Kingdom travel risk
Is Southend safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Southend scores 33/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates United Kingdom Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 9 Sep 2026); Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Southend scores 33/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and United Kingdom (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Southend: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and health and medical access (44/100).
A score of 33 is higher than the scores of 37% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Geographic & Regional Coordinates
Southend belongs to Southend-on-Sea (United Kingdom), centered at coordinates 51.5500° N, 0.7100° E. Distance to London is 58.1 km towards the W.
Southend-on-Sea
51.5500° N, 0.7100° E
Lowland
UTC
160,257
Emergency & Aviation Access
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Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 2 |
Most flood events within 100 km of Southend happened in August and December (4 of 6 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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