Crime Rates at Laird Avenue, Grays, RM16 2NP

Laird Avenue area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Little Thurrock Blackshots , and the 58th highest crime rate of 501 local areas in Thurrock .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Laird Avenue (RM16 2NP) in the last 12 months was 191.0 per 1,000 residents and was 196.0% higher than the Little Thurrock Blackshots average (64.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -27.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 32.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Laird Avenue (RM16 2NP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Jesmond Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.