Total Crime Rate
27.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Home Meadows area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 71 local areas in Billericay East , and the 128th lowest crime rate of 552 local areas in Basildon .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Home Meadows (CM12 9HQ) in the last 12 months was 27.9 per 1,000 residents and was 36.2% lower than the Billericay East average (43.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 75.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 21.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 31.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Home Meadows (CM12 9HQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bebington Close, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Charity Farm Chase (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Billericay East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Bebington Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Chestnut Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | The Carriages | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wakefield Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wakefield Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Radford Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | West Park Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bebington Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bebington Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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