Crime Rate in Little Thurrock Blackshots, ward

Little Thurrock Blackshots has the 7th lowest crime rate of 20 wards in Thurrock district and the 3708th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 354th highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Little Thurrock Blackshots in the last 12 months was 65.4 per 1,000 residents and was 34.1% lower than the Thurrock district average (99.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Little Thurrock Blackshots’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 143 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 176 (≈ 24.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Little Thurrock Blackshots ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Barnmead Meadows. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.