Total Crime Rate
106.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Keats Gardens area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 37 local areas in Tilbury Riverside and Thurrock Park , and the 125th highest crime rate of 505 local areas in Thurrock .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Keats Gardens (RM18 8DR) in the last 12 months was 106.6 per 1,000 residents and was 24.7% lower 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 Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 62.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 43.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Keats Gardens (RM18 8DR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cowper Avenue, where police recorded 24 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.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Swinburne Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Shakespeare Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Austen Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Austen Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilde Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Tennyson Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Keats Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Keats Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shakespeare Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkside Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkside Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkside Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parkside Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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