Total Crime Rate
96.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
53.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rectory Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Grays Thurrock , and the 155th 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 Rectory Road (RM17 6AE) in the last 12 months was 96.3 per 1,000 residents and was 18.8% higher than the Grays Thurrock average (81.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 53.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rectory Road (RM17 6AE), the main crime hotspot is near Boscombe Avenue. Police recorded 34 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Little Thurrock Rectory| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Boscombe Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walpole Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boscombe Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boscombe Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Boscombe Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nunns Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nunns Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Toft Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Toft Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastern Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Overcliff Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Overcliff Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northfields | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Northfields | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Northfields | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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