Crime Rates at Wayfaring Green, Badgers Dene, Grays, RM17 5JH

Wayfaring Green area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in Grays Riverside , and the 136th lowest crime rate of 505 local areas in Thurrock .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wayfaring Green (RM17 5JH) in the last 12 months was 35.4 per 1,000 residents and was 80.5% lower than the Grays Riverside average (182.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 15.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 300.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wayfaring Green (RM17 5JH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Eastern Way, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Grovelands Way (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.