Total Crime Rate

159.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 159.7 9/10
  • Shoplifting 72.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.4 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.9 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.4 8/10
  • Public order 6.9 6/10
  • Robbery 6.9 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.5 5/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Other theft 3.5 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.5 5/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Blackthorn Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Grays Thurrock , and the 70th highest crime rate of 505 local areas in Thurrock .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Blackthorn Road (RM16 2HA) in the last 12 months was 159.7 per 1,000 residents and was 108.6% higher than the Grays Thurrock average (76.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 31.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blackthorn Road (RM16 2HA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fairway, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oakway (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Blackthorn Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fairway —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Whitmore Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Long Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Whitmore Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitmore Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitmore Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Long Lane —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Annes Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Fairway Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Fairway Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Fairway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Elmway Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Fairway Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Long Lane Under investigation
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Data Sources

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