Total Crime Rate
71.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Maidstone Road area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in Grays Riverside , and the 217th highest crime rate of 501 local areas in Thurrock .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Maidstone Road (RM17 6NF) in the last 12 months was 71.7 per 1,000 residents and was 57.3% lower than the Grays Riverside average (167.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 36.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Maidstone Road (RM17 6NF), the main crime hotspot is near High Street. Police recorded 297 crimes here, including 71 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Grays Riverside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | High Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wharf Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wharf Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wharf Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seally Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Argyll Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Argyll Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Argyll Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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