Total Crime Rate

258.8 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 258.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 96.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 43.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 35.1 10/10
  • Burglary 21.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.9 10/10
  • Other theft 17.5 9/10
  • Public order 8.8 7/10
  • Other crime 4.4 6/10
  • Robbery 4.4 6/10
  • Theft from the person 4.4 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Broomfields area has the 12th highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Fryerns , and the 35th 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 Broomfields (SS13 3LE) in the last 12 months was 258.8 per 1,000 residents and was 57.0% higher than the Fryerns average (164.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 109.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Broomfields (SS13 3LE), the main crime hotspot is near Maydells. Police recorded 64 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Broomfields area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Oakwood Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Travers Way —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Travers Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maydells Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maydells Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maydells Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Maydells Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Maydells —
Sep 2025Other theft Oakwood Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Mill Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Wimbish Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Travers Way —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wimbish Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wimbish Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wickford Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wythefield Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wythefield Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wythefield Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartford End Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartford End Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Partridge Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Partridge Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Travers Way —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Steeplehall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Cheshunts Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Mariskals Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Beambridge Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cheshunts Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Beambridge Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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