Crime Rate in St Martin's, ward

St Martin's has the highest crime rate of 14 wards in Basildon district and the 424th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 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 171.9 per 1,000 residents and was 71.4% higher than the Basildon district average (100.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St Martin's’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1,072 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 23 cases , up 15.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 44.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -28.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,324 (≈ 87.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St Martin's ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 587 crimes here, including 218 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.