Total Crime Rate
40.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
13.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Meesons Lane area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in Grays Riverside , and the 161st lowest crime rate of 501 local areas in Thurrock .
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 Meesons Lane (RM17 5BF) in the last 12 months was 40.9 per 1,000 residents and was 75.6% lower than the Grays Riverside average (167.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 13.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Meesons Lane (RM17 5BF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 110 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Grovelands Way (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Grays Riverside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wharf Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wharf Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Castle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Castle Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Belmont Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wharf Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bexhill Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bexhill Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Goldace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Leonards Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wharf Road South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wharf Road South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Meesons Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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