Total Crime Rate

519.0 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 519.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 210.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 116.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 35.6 10/10
  • Public order 28.4 10/10
  • Burglary 26.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 26.1 10/10
  • Other theft 23.7 10/10
  • Other crime 14.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.9 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 11.9 10/10
  • Drugs 9.5 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.4 2/10
  • Robbery 2.4 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Bishops Close area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Pitsea North West , and the 18th highest crime rate of 552 local areas in Basildon .

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 Bishops Close (SS13 1EQ) in the last 12 months was 519.0 per 1,000 residents and was 254.1% higher than the Pitsea North West average (146.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 89 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 63 (≈ 149.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 38.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bishops Close (SS13 1EQ), the main crime hotspot is near Headingley Close. Police recorded 137 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bishops Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Headingley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Headingley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Repton Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lords Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Fenners Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Bishops Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Headingley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Headingley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Headingley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Headingley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Headingley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Headingley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Headingley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Headingley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Parks Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime The Parks Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Headingley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Headingley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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