Basildon crime rate Interactive maps and visualisation

Overview of Basildon crime rate

Crime rating – medium.

Basildon ranks 13th out of 25 nearby boroughs/local administrative districts for crime rate. In 2023, there were 21080 crime incidents reported. As per the latest census, Basildon has a population of 187571. This equates to a crime rate of 112.38 per 1000 residents. This crime rate represents a decrease of 9.0 % compared to previous year.

Most common crime types in Basildon are Violence and sexual offences (39.4%) Anti-social behaviour (9.2%) Vehicle crime (8.4%) and least common crime types are Robbery (0.9%) Theft from the person (0.6%) Bicycle theft (0.5%).

There are 16 wards in Basildon. Wards with high crime rates are St Martin’s (Basildon) (290.8), Pitsea South East (199.3), Fryerns (166.1) . On the other end, safest wards are Langdon Hills (49.6), Billericay East (47.6), Burstead (46.6) .

Similarly, looking at Postcode districts that are within or overlapping with Basildon, we see high crime rates in SS14 (204.6), SS13 (181.4), SS16 (110.1) . Safest postcode districts are SS7 (52.3), CM4 (49.5), CM11 (41.7) .

Basildon crime incidents by crime type

A total of 21080 crime incidents were reported in 2023. Below is the breakdown by crime type.

Violence and sexual offences – 8308 (39.4)%
Anti-social behaviour – 1934 (9.2)%
Vehicle crime – 1776 (8.4)%
Criminal damage and arson – 1755 (8.3)%
Shoplifting – 1654 (7.8)%
Public order – 1646 (7.8)%
Other theft – 1429 (6.8)%
Burglary – 855 (4.1)%
Drugs – 694 (3.3)%
Other crime – 408 (1.9)%
Possession of weapons – 209 (1.0)%
Robbery – 187 (0.9)%
Theft from the person – 118 (0.6)%
Bicycle theft – 107 (0.5)%

How does Basildon compare against nearby areas ?

Basildon ranks 13th when compared against 25 nearby boroughs/local administrative districts.

List of nearby boroughs/local administrative districts from high crime rate to low (2023):

Heat map for all nearby areas Basildon is compared against

Crime rates in Basildon wards

There are 16 wards within Basildon. St Martin’s (Basildon), Pitsea South East, Fryerns has highest crime rate (crime per 1000 residents). Below map shows 2023 crime rates broken down by crime types.

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List of all 16 wards from high crime rate to low.