Total Crime Rate
44.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Rectory Road area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 51 local areas in Grays Thurrock , and the 183rd lowest crime rate of 505 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 Rectory Road (RM17 5SJ) in the last 12 months was 44.1 per 1,000 residents and was 42.5% lower than the Grays Thurrock average (76.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 23.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rectory Road (RM17 5SJ), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 42 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wentworth Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rectory Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Walpole Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Boscombe Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Boscombe Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Boscombe Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Boscombe Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Boscombe Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Walpole Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Medina Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rectory Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hollowfield Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rectory Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wentworth Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Southend Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Southend Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | A1013 | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wentworth Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfour Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wentworth Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Boscombe Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Denecroft Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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