Total Crime Rate

94.4 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 94.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.9 7/10
  • Other theft 11.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.3 5/10
  • Other crime 8.3 9/10
  • Drugs 5.6 6/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.8 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.8 3/10
  • Robbery 2.8 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 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

Little Searles area has the 12th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Pitsea North West , and the 172nd 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 Little Searles (SS13 1NE) in the last 12 months was 94.4 per 1,000 residents and was 35.6% lower than the Pitsea North West average (146.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -70.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 44.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 77.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Little Searles (SS13 1NE), the main crime hotspot is near Bartlow Side. Police recorded 187 crimes here, including 41 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Little Searles area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Bartlow Side Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bartlow Side Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Briscoe Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Winfields Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Winfields Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Other theft Plumleys Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eastbrooks Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eastbrooks Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bartlow Side Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bartlow Side Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bartlow Side Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bartlow Side Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bartlow Side Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eastbrooks Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bartlow Side Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bartlow Side Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Bartlow Side Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Bartlow Side Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Bartlow Side Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bartlow Side Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Malgraves Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Bartlow Side Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bartlow Side
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tanswell Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Eastbrooks Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Briscoe Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tanswell Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Charlton Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walthams Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walthams Place Under investigation

Data Sources

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