Total Crime Rate

226.3 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 226.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 70.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.4 8/10
  • Other crime 24.7 10/10
  • Drugs 16.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.4 6/10
  • Public order 12.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.2 6/10
  • Other theft 8.2 7/10
  • Robbery 8.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.2 7/10
  • Burglary 4.1 5/10
  • Theft from the person 4.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Princess Margaret Road area has the highest crime rate of 24 local areas in East Tilbury , and the 33rd 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 Princess Margaret Road (RM18 8YP) in the last 12 months was 226.3 per 1,000 residents and was 225.5% higher than the East Tilbury average (69.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 70.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 43.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Princess Margaret Road (RM18 8YP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Thomas Bata Avenue (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Princess Margaret Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Farm Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Frome Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bata Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bata Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bata Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clyde Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Gloucester Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clyde Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gloucester Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Coronation Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queen Elizabeth Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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