Crime Rate in St Martin's, ward

St Martin's has the highest crime rate of 14 wards in Basildon district and the 406th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 31st highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in St Martin's in the last 12 months was 176.8 per 1,000 residents and was 76.6% higher than the Basildon district average (100.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St Martin's’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1,101 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 16 cases , down -11.1% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 17.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -34.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,387 (≈ 91.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St Martin's ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 557 crimes here, including 231 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.