Crime Rate in Lee Chapel North, ward

Lee Chapel North has the 6th highest crime rate of 14 wards in Basildon district and the 1949th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 173rd highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Lee Chapel North in the last 12 months was 92.8 per 1,000 residents and was 7.4% lower than the Basildon district average (100.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Lee Chapel North’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 618 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 5 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 116.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -28.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 718 (≈ 47.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Lee Chapel North ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 95 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.