Total Crime Rate

213.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 213.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 62.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.0 9/10
  • Drugs 23.0 10/10
  • Burglary 13.2 9/10
  • Other theft 9.9 8/10
  • Public order 9.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.6 4/10
  • Other crime 6.6 8/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cowper Avenue area has the 9th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Tilbury Riverside and Thurrock Park , and the 45th 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 Cowper Avenue (RM18 8AS) in the last 12 months was 213.8 per 1,000 residents and was 51.2% higher than the Tilbury Riverside and Thurrock Park average (141.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 59.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 98.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cowper Avenue (RM18 8AS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Swinburne Gardens (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Cowper Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swinburne Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Fielding Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bronte Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bronte Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Austen Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Austen Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilde Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kipling Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bronte Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fielding Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dickens Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keats Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Keats Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Shakespeare Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shakespeare Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Feenan Highway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Tennyson Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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