Total Crime Rate
2091.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025New Road area has the highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Grays Riverside , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 505 local areas in Thurrock .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around New Road (RM17 6NG) in the last 12 months was 2091.9 per 1,000 residents and was 1049.2% 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 207 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 112.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 335 (≈ 933.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around New Road (RM17 6NG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Argyll Road, where police recorded 487 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near New Road (146 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Grays Riverside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Columbia Wharf Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | New Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | New Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | New Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | New Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | New Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | New Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | The Retreat | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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