Total Crime Rate
168.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Long Riding area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Fryerns , and the 70th 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 Long Riding (SS14 1JW) in the last 12 months was 168.3 per 1,000 residents and was 2.1% 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 95.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Long Riding (SS14 1JW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 67 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Priors Close (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Fryerns| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Southern Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Gun Hill Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Longacre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Southern Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Priors Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Priors Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Priors Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Gateway | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Methersgate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Longacre | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Priors East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Nether Priors | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Nether Priors | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Priors East | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Southern Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nether Priors | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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