Total Crime Rate
46.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Rectory Road area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 78 local areas in Fryerns , and the 212th 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 Rectory Road (SS13 2AH) in the last 12 months was 46.0 per 1,000 residents and was 72.1% lower than the Fryerns average (164.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 23.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rectory Road (SS13 2AH), the main crime hotspot is near Caister Drive. Police recorded 53 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Fryerns| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Widgeons | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Tanswell Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | St Mary'S Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | St Mary'S Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastbrooks Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastbrooks Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Manor Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Eastbrooks Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastbrooks Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carisbrooke Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Charlton Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Widgeons | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bodiam Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Caister Drive | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Caister Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Caister Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Widgeons | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Dover Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Rectory Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Charlton | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Charlton | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Tanswell Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Crest Avenue | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Mary'S Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Briscoe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Briscoe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Mary'S Crescent | Under investigation |
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