Crime Rate in Hadleigh St James, ward

Hadleigh St James has the 6th highest crime rate of 13 wards in Castle Point district and the 2965th lowest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 445th lowest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Hadleigh St James in the last 12 months was 52.9 per 1,000 residents and was 13.8% lower than the Castle Point district average (61.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Hadleigh St James’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 133 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 151 (≈ 23.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Hadleigh St James ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Benfleet Road, with 79 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Supermarket (12 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.