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 2906th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 457th lowest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Hadleigh St James in the last 12 months was 53.5 per 1,000 residents and was 12.4% lower than the Castle Point district average (61.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Hadleigh St James’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 126 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 139 (≈ 21.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Hadleigh St James ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Benfleet Road, with 86 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Parking Area (13 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.