Essex Police Statistics
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
The crime rate in Essex Police's force coverage area is 69 crimes per 1,000 people, for the 12-month period ending April 2026. The most commonly-reported crimes are violence and sexual offences, reported at a rate of roughly 32 reports per 1,000 daytime population.
Essex Police Crime Map
Incidents mapped in Essex Police's service area represent the time frame between January 2016 and April 2026. Each point on the map represents an area where crimes have been recorded locally.
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Introduction to Essex Police's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Essex Police up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Essex Police's 64,511 postcodes using three area sizes for comparison:
- Within a Five-Minute Walk
- Within a Ten-Minute Walk
- Within a Fifteen-Minute Walk
Individual crime risk scores and index figures are for the 12-month period ending April 2026 unless otherwise stated.
Crime Risk Scores
Essex Police • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within Essex Police has a crime risk score of 495. This is based on analysis of 64,511 nearby areas within Essex Police, with "most" referring to roughly two thirds of the nearby locations.
Crime risk scores are on a scale of 1 to 1,000 and consider the severity of the crimes involved, as determined by sentencing guidelines. A score of 1 represents the lowest risk, and 1,000 the highest risk. This approach ensures that - unlike overall crime rate figures - bicycle theft is not given the same importance in Essex Police's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Essex Police, crime risk scores are typically around 495, while in National they are average 500.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 502 (500 for National), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 509 (National 500).
Trends in Crime Risk
Essex Police
Calculated via Seasonal and Trend decomposition using Loess, the Seasonality Adjusted line represents the original data with seasonality subtracted, and the Trend line has been plotted unadjusted. Overall trend direction has been identified using the Mann-Kendall trend test, and rate calculated from the slope of the best-fit line identified from linear regression.
The 10-year trend indicates a decrease of 5% in Essex Police's crime risk score. This is potentially a strong signal of how the crime risk is evolving. Cross-referencing with major cultural events and Covid's impact during this time is advised.
Looking at the previous five years, the trend in Essex Police's crime risk score is down by 12%. While potentially a good indicator of the overall risk trend, analysis may offer further insight when combined with the checks mentioned above.
Over the last year, Essex Police's crime risk score has shown an upward trend of approximately 2.0%, indicating that the risk profile is going up. This is an extremely short time period for crime trend analysis, and caution should be exercised when interpreting this figure.
Crime Rates and Indexes
Essex Police
The CrimeRate Index shows how crime rates compare against the national average.
1.0 equals the average
2.0 is double
3.0 triple
0.5 is half and
0.25 a quarter.
Highest Crime Rates
Essex Police • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Excluding other crime and other theft because their geographic location is often not relevant, anti-social behaviour as its definition is too wide, and bicycle theft for its specificity.
Vehicle Crime offences have a crime rate of 4.98 reports per 1,000 people in Essex Police, which is 1.16 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 10,389 crime reports logged by Essex Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, Essex Police recorded 6,822 reports of Drugs in Essex Police, resulting in a crime rate of 3.27 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 1.06.
The crime rate for Violence and Sexual Offences is 1.04 times the national average at 32 reports per 1,000. This is from 65,810 crime reports reported to Essex Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
Essex Police
Excluding other crime and other theft, anti-social behaviour, and bicycle theft, and calculated with the same STL method described in Trends in Crime Risk, using CrimeRate Index figures to identify crime types that are trending above or below the national average, and the analysis timeframe limited to the last three years.
Criminal Damage and Arson offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.98 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Criminal Damage and Arson CrimeRate Index was 0.97 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 1.0% over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
Essex Police
Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Vehicle Crime offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.20 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Vehicle Crime CrimeRate Index was 1.36 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 12% over this timeframe.
Public Order offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.90 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Public Order CrimeRate Index was 0.80 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 12% over this timeframe.
Burglary offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.92 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Burglary CrimeRate Index was 0.97 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 5% over this timeframe.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
Essex Police • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | |||
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 15,881 | 7.62 | 0.54 | 941,224 | 14.13 | 1.00 | |||
| Bicycle Theft | 1,212 | 0.58 | 0.79 | 48,449 | 0.73 | 1.00 | |||
| Burglary | 5,340 | 2.57 | 0.82 | 208,612 | 3.13 | 1.00 | |||
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 12,477 | 5.99 | 0.95 | 418,651 | 6.28 | 1.00 | |||
| Drugs | 6,822 | 3.27 | 1.06 | 205,214 | 3.09 | 1.00 | |||
| Other Crime | 3,340 | 1.61 | 0.87 | 124,230 | 1.85 | 1.00 | |||
| Other Theft | 10,405 | 4.98 | 0.88 | 378,146 | 5.69 | 1.00 | |||
| Possession of Weapons | 1,754 | 0.84 | 0.99 | 56,620 | 0.85 | 1.00 | |||
| Public Order | 10,707 | 5.13 | 0.88 | 386,297 | 5.80 | 1.00 | |||
| Robbery | 1,439 | 0.69 | 0.58 | 78,386 | 1.18 | 1.00 | |||
| Shoplifting | 13,437 | 6.44 | 0.90 | 475,025 | 7.13 | 1.00 | |||
| Theft From the Person | 998 | 0.49 | 0.32 | 103,505 | 1.55 | 1.00 | |||
| Vehicle Crime | 10,389 | 4.98 | 1.16 | 287,068 | 4.30 | 1.00 | |||
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 65,810 | 31.53 | 1.04 | 2,024,722 | 30.40 | 1.00 | |||
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Total Crime by Year
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | |||
| 2026 | 144,130 | 69.10 | 0.96 | 4,794,925 | 71.98 | 1.00 | |||
| 2025 | 140,177 | 67.70 | 0.91 | 4,892,734 | 74.03 | 1.00 | |||
| 2024 | 150,428 | 73.38 | 0.97 | 4,937,620 | 75.43 | 1.00 | |||
| 2023 | 163,023 | 80.58 | 1.02 | 5,115,763 | 79.01 | 1.00 | |||
| 2022 | 167,186 | 83.54 | 1.09 | 4,922,645 | 76.81 | 1.00 | |||
| 2021 | 150,533 | 75.77 | 1.11 | 4,369,811 | 68.57 | 1.00 | |||
| 2020 | 162,770 | 82.23 | 1.11 | 4,707,683 | 74.16 | 1.00 | |||
| 2019 | 161,800 | 82.21 | 1.08 | 4,824,370 | 76.25 | 1.00 | |||
| 2018 | 137,991 | 70.55 | 0.99 | 4,484,151 | 71.12 | 1.00 | |||
| 2017 | 123,189 | 63.38 | 0.99 | 4,011,470 | 63.94 | 1.00 | |||
| 2016 | 37,212 | 19.19 | 1.01 | 1,195,221 | 19.07 | 1.00 | |||
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Essex Police: Major Towns & Cities Compared
| Town / City | Crime Count | Crime Rate | CrimeRate Index | ||||||
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| Stanford-le-Hope | 64 | 148.94 | 5.60 | ||||||
| Tilbury | 1,762 | 113.42 | 1.62 | ||||||
| Clacton-on-Sea | 5,975 | 107.72 | 1.50 | ||||||
| Southend-on-Sea | 17,252 | 98.71 | 1.37 | ||||||
| Basildon | 12,950 | 98.18 | 1.36 | ||||||
| Colchester | 11,853 | 95.64 | 1.33 | ||||||
| Myland | 1,737 | 86.51 | 1.25 | ||||||
| Harlow | 9,193 | 86.19 | 1.20 | ||||||
| Chelmsford | 7,630 | 85.76 | 1.19 | ||||||
| Harwich | 1,727 | 83.04 | 1.21 | ||||||
| Chadwell St Mary | 874 | 82.60 | 1.26 | ||||||
| Grays | 3,909 | 82.46 | 1.15 | ||||||
| Waltham Abbey | 2,044 | 81.83 | 1.15 | ||||||
| South Ockendon | 1,637 | 73.04 | 1.04 | ||||||
| Epping | 992 | 71.53 | 1.04 | ||||||
| Stanway | 974 | 70.06 | 1.05 | ||||||
| Loughton | 2,545 | 68.13 | 0.96 | ||||||
| Brentwood | 4,383 | 66.33 | 0.92 | ||||||
| Rochford | 848 | 66.24 | 0.99 | ||||||
| Braintree | 3,311 | 65.43 | 0.92 | ||||||
| Canvey Island | 2,535 | 64.23 | 0.91 | ||||||
| Maldon | 1,058 | 61.09 | 0.90 | ||||||
| Witham | 1,943 | 61.07 | 0.87 | ||||||
| Halstead | 835 | 57.76 | 0.86 | ||||||
| Chigwell | 883 | 57.64 | 0.92 | ||||||
| Wickford | 1,595 | 54.83 | 0.79 | ||||||
| Frinton and Walton | 1,138 | 53.15 | 0.78 | ||||||
| Buckhurst Hill | 636 | 51.01 | 0.79 | ||||||
| Heybridge | 420 | 49.71 | 0.83 | ||||||
| Burnham-on-Crouch | 505 | 49.49 | 0.77 | ||||||
| Great Baddow | 777 | 49.14 | 0.73 | ||||||
| Great Dunmow | 651 | 48.88 | 0.73 | ||||||
| Brightlingsea | 427 | 46.85 | 0.78 | ||||||
| Wivenhoe | 357 | 46.73 | 0.81 | ||||||
| Leigh-on-Sea | 1,003 | 42.08 | 0.62 | ||||||
| Rayleigh | 1,366 | 40.50 | 0.58 | ||||||
| South Woodham Ferrers | 667 | 40.35 | 0.60 | ||||||
| Thundersley and South Benfleet | 2,038 | 40.21 | 0.57 | ||||||
| Billericay | 1,170 | 38.18 | 0.55 | ||||||
| Tiptree | 385 | 37.19 | 0.60 | ||||||
| Saffron Walden | 700 | 36.02 | 0.54 | ||||||
| Springfield | 286 | 34.15 | 0.66 | ||||||
| Hawkwell | 370 | 29.45 | 0.50 | ||||||
| Hockley | 272 | 26.15 | 0.45 | ||||||
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Essex Police Stations
| Police Station Name | Police Station Address | Description & Opening Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Basildon Police Station | Great Oaks, Basildon, SS14 1EJ | 7 days a week 9am to 5pm Closed on bank holidays |
| Braintree Police Station | Blyths Meadow, Braintree, CM7 3DJ | 7 days a week 9am to 5pm Closed on bank holidays |
| Chelmsford Police Station | New Street, Chelmsford, CM1 1NF | 7 days a week 9am to 5pm Closed on bank holidays |
| Clacton Police Station | 8 Beatrice Road, Clacton, CO15 1ET | 7 days a week 9am to 5pm Closed on bank holidays |
| Colchester Police Station | 10 Southway, Colchester, CO3 3BU | 7 days a week 9am to 5pm Closed on bank holidays |
| Grays Police Station | Brooke Road, Grays, RM17 5BX | 7 days a week 9am to 5pm Closed on bank holidays |
| Harlow Police Station | The High, Harlow, CM20 1HG | 7 days a week 9am to 5pm Closed on bank holidays |
| Maldon Police Station | Maldon District Council offices, Princes Road, Maldon, CM9 5DL | Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm (Closed 12pm to 1pm each day) Closed on bank holidays |
| Saffron Walden Police Station | Uttlesford District Council offices, London Road, Saffron Walden, CB11 4ER | Monday - 9am to 5pm Tuesday - 9am to 5pm Wednesday - 9am to 5pm Thursday - 9am to 5pm Friday 9am to 4.30pm Last Wednesday of every month 10am to 5pm |
| Southend Police Station | Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6ES | 7 days a week 9am to 5pm Closed on bank holidays |
| Stansted Airport Police Station | Enterprise House, Bassinbourn Road, Stansted Airport, CM24 1PS | Monday to Sunday 24 hours |