Total Crime Rate
158.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
83.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Park View Gardens area has the 10th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Grays Riverside , and the 78th highest crime rate of 501 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 Park View Gardens (RM17 5EU) in the last 12 months was 158.6 per 1,000 residents and was 5.5% lower than the Grays Riverside average (167.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 83.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Park View Gardens (RM17 5EU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Park Road, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Orsett Road (22 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 | Vehicle crime | High View Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park View Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Park View Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Benson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orsett Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Orsett Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Orsett Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Allenby Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Park Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | High View Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Salisbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Salisbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A126 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A126 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Saxton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orsett Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackmore Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Prospect Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prospect Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rookwood Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Grange Road | Under investigation |
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