Total Crime Rate

187.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

75.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 187.5 9/10
  • Violent crimes 75.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 62.5 9/10
  • Shoplifting 39.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.0 10/10
  • Drugs 16.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.2 6/10
  • Public order 13.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.6 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cowper Avenue area has the 12th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Tilbury Riverside and Thurrock Park , and the 60th highest crime rate of 501 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 Cowper Avenue (RM18 8AS) in the last 12 months was 187.5 per 1,000 residents and was 28.6% higher than the Tilbury Riverside and Thurrock Park average (145.9 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 75.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 43.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 51.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cowper Avenue (RM18 8AS), the main crime hotspot is near Cowper Avenue. Police recorded 29 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cowper Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (29/29)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Milton Gardens Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Shakespeare Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Moore Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Moore Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cowper Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Cowper Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shakespeare Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shakespeare Avenue Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Burns Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chaucer Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Burns Place Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Burns Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Burns Place Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Feenan Highway Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Feenan Highway Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Milton Gardens Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Moore Avenue —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Shaw Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tennyson Walk Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Drugs Fielding Avenue Local resolution
Apr 2026Burglary Arnold Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Kipling Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Fielding Avenue Local resolution
Apr 2026Drugs Fielding Avenue Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Portsea Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Fleming Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Tennyson Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fielding Avenue —
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Data Sources

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