Total Crime Rate
158.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
56.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rose Close area has the 7th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Castledon & Crouch , and the 77th highest crime rate of 552 local areas in Basildon .
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 Rose Close (SS12 9QQ) in the last 12 months was 158.9 per 1,000 residents and was 165.9% higher than the Castledon & Crouch average (59.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 56.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rose Close (SS12 9QQ), 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 | Henderson Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maclaren Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maclaren Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grant Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rose Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drummond Place | Under investigation |
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