Total Crime Rate
81.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
42.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Great Spenders area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 78 local areas in Fryerns , and the 207th highest crime rate of 552 local areas in Basildon .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Great Spenders (SS14 2NT) in the last 12 months was 81.3 per 1,000 residents and was 52.7% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 42.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 21.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Great Spenders (SS14 2NT), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 49 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Basildon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Elmbrook Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norwood End | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitmore Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Norwood End | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norwood End | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Quilters Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Quilters Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norwood End | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spenders Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spenders Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Spenders Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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