Crime and Safety in Basildon, Essex
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
Basildon is the second most dangerous major town in Essex, and is among the top 20 most dangerous overall out of Essex's 315 towns, villages, and cities. The overall crime rate in Basildon in 2026 is 98 crimes per 1,000 people. This compares poorly to Essex's overall crime rate, coming in 42% higher than the Essex rate of 69 per 1,000 daytime population. For England, Wales, and Northern Ireland as a whole, Basildon is the 35th most dangerous major town, and the 723rd most dangerous location out of all towns, cities, and villages.
In January 2026, Basildon was the worst major town in Essex for anti-social behaviour, with 108 crimes reported and a crime rate of 0.82 per 1,000 daytime population. January 2026 was also a bad month for Basildon residents, when it was Essex's most dangerous major town for burglary, recording 39 crimes at a rate of 0.30 per 1,000 daytime population.
The most common crimes in Basildon are violence and sexual offences, with 5,872 offences during 2026, giving a crime rate of 44. This is 0.15% higher than 2025's figure of 5,863 offences and a difference of 0.10 from 2025's crime rate of 44. Basildon's least common crime is bicycle theft, with 87 offences recorded in 2026, an increase of 30% from 2025's figure of 67 crimes.
Basildon 2026 Crime Scorecard
Second Most Dangerous
Major Towns, Essex
60% higher, regional crime rate
East of England
36% higher, national crime rate
England, Wales & NI
Local Crime in Context
As of April 2026, the crime rate in Basildon is 60% higher than the East of England and 36% higher than the England, Wales & Northern Ireland overall figure.
Basildon Crime Rate Over Time
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Basildon Crime Map
Incidents mapped in Basildon 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 Basildon's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Basildon up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Basildon's 2,440 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.
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Crime Risk Scores
Basildon • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within Basildon has a crime risk score of 658. This is based on analysis of 2,440 nearby areas within Basildon, 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 Basildon's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Basildon, crime risk scores are typically around 658, while in Essex they are average 496.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 740 (502 for Essex), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 800 (Essex 509).
Trends in Crime Risk
Basildon
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 14% in Basildon'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 Basildon's crime risk score is down by 14%. While potentially a good indicator of the overall risk trend, analysis may offer further insight when combined with the checks mentioned above.
The risk score trend over the last year has not shown any statistically meaningful movement up or down.
Crime Rates and Indexes
Basildon
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
Basildon • 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.
Drugs offences have a crime rate of 5.23 reports per 1,000 people in Basildon, which is 1.69 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 689 crime reports logged by Essex Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, Essex Police recorded 953 reports of Vehicle Crime in Basildon, resulting in a crime rate of 7.22 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 1.68.
The crime rate for Possession of Weapons is 1.59 times the national average at 1.35 reports per 1,000. This is from 176 crime reports reported to Essex Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
Basildon
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.
Theft From the Person offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.92 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Theft From the Person CrimeRate Index was 0.15 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 513% over this timeframe.
Robbery offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.80 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Robbery CrimeRate Index was 1.44 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 44% over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
Basildon
Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Public Order offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.21 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Public Order CrimeRate Index was 1.19 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 1.7% over this timeframe.
Criminal Damage and Arson offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.26 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Criminal Damage and Arson CrimeRate Index was 1.57 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 20% over this timeframe.
Shoplifting offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.61 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Shoplifting CrimeRate Index was 1.56 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 61% over this timeframe.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
Basildon • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
Basildon | Essex | East of England | |||||||
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 1,518 | 11.51 | 0.81 | 15,826 | 7.63 | 0.54 | 74,182 | 10.23 | 0.72 |
| Bicycle Theft | 87 | 0.67 | 0.92 | 1,211 | 0.59 | 0.81 | 5,325 | 0.72 | 0.99 |
| Burglary | 455 | 3.45 | 1.10 | 5,328 | 2.58 | 0.82 | 17,593 | 2.42 | 0.77 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 1,176 | 8.91 | 1.42 | 12,427 | 5.98 | 0.95 | 40,107 | 5.51 | 0.88 |
| Drugs | 689 | 5.23 | 1.69 | 6,807 | 3.27 | 1.06 | 18,935 | 2.59 | 0.84 |
| Other Crime | 295 | 2.24 | 1.21 | 3,330 | 1.61 | 0.87 | 12,241 | 1.70 | 0.92 |
| Other Theft | 899 | 6.81 | 1.20 | 10,377 | 4.98 | 0.88 | 34,703 | 4.78 | 0.84 |
| Possession of Weapons | 176 | 1.35 | 1.59 | 1,752 | 0.84 | 0.99 | 5,931 | 0.83 | 0.98 |
| Public Order | 957 | 7.25 | 1.25 | 10,675 | 5.12 | 0.88 | 32,088 | 4.42 | 0.76 |
| Robbery | 169 | 1.29 | 1.09 | 1,433 | 0.69 | 0.58 | 4,492 | 0.61 | 0.52 |
| Shoplifting | 1,122 | 8.51 | 1.19 | 13,424 | 6.46 | 0.91 | 43,068 | 5.94 | 0.83 |
| Theft From the Person | 100 | 0.77 | 0.50 | 997 | 0.49 | 0.32 | 3,654 | 0.52 | 0.34 |
| Vehicle Crime | 953 | 7.22 | 1.68 | 10,314 | 4.97 | 1.16 | 27,821 | 3.84 | 0.89 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 5,872 | 44.48 | 1.46 | 65,641 | 31.56 | 1.04 | 200,684 | 27.65 | 0.91 |
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Total Crime by Year
Basildon | Essex | East of England | |||||||
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| 2026 | 12,950 | 98.18 | 1.36 | 143,716 | 69.14 | 0.96 | 446,642 | 61.53 | 0.85 |
| 2025 | 12,988 | 99.12 | 1.34 | 139,780 | 67.68 | 0.91 | 441,082 | 61.31 | 0.83 |
| 2024 | 14,394 | 111.42 | 1.48 | 150,055 | 73.45 | 0.97 | 443,460 | 62.34 | 0.83 |
| 2023 | 15,721 | 123.46 | 1.56 | 162,636 | 80.64 | 1.02 | 474,715 | 67.51 | 0.85 |
| 2022 | 15,931 | 126.53 | 1.65 | 166,739 | 83.60 | 1.09 | 471,617 | 67.78 | 0.88 |
| 2021 | 14,582 | 117.14 | 1.71 | 150,121 | 75.78 | 1.11 | 437,869 | 63.51 | 0.93 |
| 2020 | 14,434 | 116.81 | 1.58 | 162,259 | 82.34 | 1.11 | 465,376 | 67.88 | 0.92 |
| 2019 | 14,881 | 120.79 | 1.58 | 161,365 | 82.25 | 1.08 | 482,539 | 70.87 | 0.93 |
| 2018 | 12,851 | 105.58 | 1.48 | 137,578 | 70.55 | 0.99 | 439,882 | 64.91 | 0.91 |
| 2017 | 12,162 | 100.50 | 1.57 | 122,860 | 63.43 | 0.99 | 396,747 | 58.76 | 0.92 |
| 2016 | 3,595 | 29.69 | 1.56 | 37,128 | 19.19 | 1.01 | 116,493 | 17.30 | 0.91 |
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Basildon Compared to Nearby Major Towns
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| Major Town | Total Crimes | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basildon | 12,950 | 98.18 | - |
| Colchester | 11,853 | 95.64 | 2.6% safer |
| Harlow | 9,193 | 86.19 | 12% safer |
| Chelmsford | 7,630 | 85.76 | 13% safer |
| Grays | 3,909 | 82.46 | 16% safer |
Comparing Basildon to the UK's Major Cities
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| City Name | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Cardiff | 79.55 | 19% safer |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 82.69 | 16% safer |
| Sheffield | 84.09 | 14% safer |
| Leicester | 97.87 | 0.32% safer |
| Basildon | 98.18 | - |
| Bristol | 104.64 | 7% more dangerous |
| Birmingham | 105.05 | 7% more dangerous |
| Liverpool | 106.48 | 8% more dangerous |
| Leeds | 107.10 | 9% more dangerous |
| Nottingham | 107.74 | 10% more dangerous |
| Westminster | 125.00 | 27% more dangerous |
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Offences In and Around Basildon's Parks & Leisure Spaces
Limited to spaces in Basildon that are named and have had crimes recorded within their boundaries in the 12 months to Apr 2026.
| Name | ASB | Drugs | Public Order | Robbery | VSO | All Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Gregorie Park | - | 2 | - | - | 9 | 4 |
| Basildon Sporting Village | 19 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 5 |
| Aimes Green | 6 | - | 2 | - | 27 | 10 |
| Victoria Park | 7 | 2 | - | - | 31 | 19 |
| Gloucester Park | 35 | 10 | 13 | - | 66 | 93 |
| Whitmore Park | 25 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 30 | 29 |
| Northlands Park | 79 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 61 | 49 |
| Wat Tyler Country Park | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 |
| Manor House Recreation Ground | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 4 |
| Swan Mead Recreation Ground | 5 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 |
| Mopsies Park | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| The Eversley Leisure Centre | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 19 |
| Howard Park | - | 8 | 94 | 3 | 96 | 37 |
| Great Berry Open Space | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 16 |
| Holy Cross Recreation Ground | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | 20 | 13 |
| Langdon Hills Country Park | 5 | 4 | 3 | - | 7 | 16 |
Recent Crimes in Basildon
The 20 most recent crime reports in Basildon.
| Date | Crime Type | Location | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Eaton Court | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Eaton Court | |
| April 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | On or near Eaton Court | |
| April 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | On or near Eaton Court | |
| April 2026 | Other crime | On or near Crosse Court | |
| April 2026 | Possession of weapons | On or near Crosse Court | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Further/Higher Educational Building | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Further/Higher Educational Building | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Further/Higher Educational Building | |
| April 2026 | Theft from the person | On or near Popes Crescent | |
| April 2026 | Vehicle crime | On or near Moores Avenue | |
| April 2026 | Vehicle crime | On or near Bramley Gardens | |
| April 2026 | Vehicle crime | On or near Moores Avenue | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Basildon Bus Station | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Eaton Court | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Beatty Lane | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Little Bentley | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Brownlow Green | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Cattawade Link | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Crosse Court |
Methodology & Data Sources
Basildon Crime Report
Data Sources & Processing
Every month, CrimeRate processes crime reports from data.police.uk, the UK's official provider of open crime report data. Each crime report includes anonymised coordinates, most often "snapped" to the middle of the nearest street, or to the nearest major landmark. The reports also include the month and year the crime was reported, as well as the type of crime.
Data releases on data.police.uk happen once a month, with a two-month delay. This means that, for example, crimes reported in Basildon during August 2026 will typically become available in October 2026. The latest release is for Apr 2026 and was released in Jun 2026. To provide current and historical crime statistics, CrimeRate processed 61,669,232 crime reports for the latest release.
Basildon Data Points
For Basildon, CrimeRate uses the geographic boundaries provided by The Office for National Statistics in the December 2023 release of their Parishes and Non Civil Parished Areas dataset, using the PARNCP23CD column value E43000282.
Due to the 2021 Census being conducted during a UK-wide Coronavirus lockdown, the daytime population figures released so far cannot be relied on for purposes such as comparing crime rates. Instead, CrimeRate uses Basildon's daytime - or "workday" - population of 115,642 from the ONS 2011 Census for calculations throughout the site.
All geographic boundaries use the full resolution - extent of the realm versions where provided to avoid missing crime reports near coastlines and rivers - the banks of the Thames in particular - that would otherwise not be included when using the clipped to the coastline datasets.
Calculating Crime Rates
CrimeRate locates the UK region, county, and town/city/village locality for each crime report, and calculates the crime rate by taking the sum of all crime reports, dividing it by the locality's daytime / "workday" population, and multiplying the result by 1,000 to get the crime rate per 1,000.
Crime Risk Score Calculations
CrimeRate calculates crime counts for local, nearby, and wider areas for every postcode in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The postcodes locations are deduplicated by a process that ensures distinct points are approximately 50 metres apart. This process removes the bias that would otherwise come from counting the same crimes several times in heavily populated areas.
Using a custom algorithm developed in-house, CrimeRate applies a crime severity weighting to each area's crime counts, based on the type of crime reported. This increases or decreases the crime count, or zeroes it out entirely, depending on the crime type. A separate crime severity rate is then calculated, standardised, and scaled to fit the crime risk score range of 1 to 1,000, with 1 being the lowest score, and 1,000 the highest.
Crime risk scores undergo further analysis per town, city, and village plus other areas including police forces and neighbourhoods. CrimeRate uses percentiles to work out the most common range of crime risk scores in each locality. This includes identifying the high and low bounds where approximately 68% of scores fall, and finding the median (50th percentile) for easy reference.
The crime types with a weight of zero are: Anti-Social Behaviour; Bicycle Theft; Other Crime; Other Theft; and Shoplifting. The highest weights to are assigned to Violence & Sexual Offences, and the lowest to Vehicle Crime.
Frequently Asked Questions
Crime in Basildon