Total Crime Rate
615.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
318.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Southernhay area has the 6th highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Fryerns , and the 14th 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 Southernhay (SS14 1FH) in the last 12 months was 615.4 per 1,000 residents and was 258.3% higher than the Fryerns average (171.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 71 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -6.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 87 (≈ 318.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Southernhay (SS14 1FH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 180 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fodderwick (71 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Basildon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Square | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Great Oaks | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fodderwick | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fodderwick | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fodderwick | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fodderwick | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Fodderwick | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Fodderwick | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fodderwick | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fodderwick | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fodderwick | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Fodderwick | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Cherrydown East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fodderwick | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fodderwick | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fodderwick | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Basildon Bus Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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