Total Crime Rate
262.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Grovelands Way area has the 6th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Grays Riverside , and the 24th highest crime rate of 505 local areas in Thurrock .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Grovelands Way (RM17 5YQ) in the last 12 months was 262.2 per 1,000 residents and was 44.0% higher 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 115.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 181.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grovelands Way (RM17 5YQ), the main crime hotspot is near Argyll Road. Police recorded 487 crimes here, including 67 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Grays Riverside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Seally Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parker Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Argyll Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Seally Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hove Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wingfield | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Argyll Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Malthouse Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Grovelands Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grovelands Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grovelands Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grovelands Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Eastern Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Eastern Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Eastern Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Argyll Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Argyll Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Argyll Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Argyll Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Argyll Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Argyll Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Argyll Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Argyll Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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