Crime Rate in South Chafford, ward

South Chafford has the 9th lowest crime rate of 20 wards in Thurrock district and the 3329th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 318th highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in South Chafford in the last 12 months was 70.5 per 1,000 residents and was 29.0% lower than the Thurrock district average (99.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, South Chafford’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 175 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 4 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 169.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 218 (≈ 28.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the South Chafford ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Howard Road, with 80 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Francisco Close (32 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.