Total Crime Rate
24.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
9.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Burns Close area has the 34th lowest crime rate of 71 local areas in Billericay East , and the 109th lowest crime rate of 552 local areas in Basildon .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Burns Close (CM11 1LS) in the last 12 months was 24.8 per 1,000 residents and was 35.9% lower than the Billericay East average (38.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 9.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Burns Close (CM11 1LS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 171 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Radstocks (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parklands | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Radford Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Radstocks | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Radstocks | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Radstocks | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radstocks | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Radstocks | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Radstocks | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | West Cloister | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | High Cloister | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dawson Mews | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dawson Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Britannia Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Britannia Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parklands | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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