Total Crime Rate
45.1 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
17.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wallace Drive area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 51 local areas in Castledon & Crouch , and the 213th lowest crime rate of 552 local areas in Basildon .
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 Wallace Drive (SS12 9NA) in the last 12 months was 45.1 per 1,000 residents and was 24.5% lower than the Castledon & Crouch average (59.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (β 17.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wallace Drive (SS12 9NA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sports/Recreation Area, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rose Close (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Wickford Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Duncan Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grant Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Henderson Gardens | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Halstead Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rose Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maclaren Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Duncan Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Duncan Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maclaren Way | Under investigation |
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