Total Crime Rate
31.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
8.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Blakes Way area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 37 local areas in Tilbury Riverside and Thurrock Park , and the 106th lowest crime rate of 501 local areas in Thurrock .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Blakes Way (RM18 8BS) in the last 12 months was 31.3 per 1,000 residents and was 78.6% lower 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 8.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Blakes Way (RM18 8BS), 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.
View Crime In Tilbury Riverside and Thurrock Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tennyson Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portsea Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cowper Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowper Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shaw Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fielding Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fielding Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fielding Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kipling Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Arnold Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shakespeare Avenue | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fleming Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bryanston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bryanston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moore Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moore Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Moore Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Walk | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shakespeare Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fielding Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shakespeare Avenue | Under investigation |
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