Total Crime Rate

44.1 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 44.1 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.7 5/10
  • Other crime 10.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.4 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.4 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Rectory 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.

Crime Over Time in Rectory Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Wentworth Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rectory Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Walpole Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Boscombe Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boscombe Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boscombe Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boscombe Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boscombe Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Walpole Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Medina Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rectory Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hollowfield Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rectory Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wentworth Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Southend Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Southend Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A1013 —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wentworth Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balfour Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wentworth Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Boscombe Avenue —
Sep 2025Other theft Denecroft Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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