Total Crime Rate
84.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
57.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Falkenham Path area has the 35th lowest crime rate of 78 local areas in Fryerns , and the 197th 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 Falkenham Path (SS14 2JL) in the last 12 months was 84.6 per 1,000 residents and was 50.7% lower 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 57.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Falkenham Path (SS14 2JL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Longacre, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Horsley Cross (19 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 | Methersgate | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Upway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fair Mead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Turpins | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Methersgate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Falkenham Row | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glebe Field | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Bentley | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Horsley Cross | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Falkenham Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Horsley Cross | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Longacre | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longacre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Tangham Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Tangham Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Waldringfield | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Methersgate | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Short Acre | — |
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