Crime Rate in St Michael's, ward

St Michael's has the 5th highest crime rate of 13 wards in Castle Point district and the 3210th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 453rd highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in St Michael's in the last 12 months was 57.2 per 1,000 residents and was 6.5% lower than the Castle Point district average (61.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St Michael's’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 137 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 3 cases , up 200.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -60.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 172 (≈ 24.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St Michael's ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 71 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Parking Area (18 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.