Total Crime Rate
74.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
20.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Great Spenders area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 78 local areas in Fryerns , and the 232nd highest crime rate of 552 local areas in Basildon .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Great Spenders (SS14 2NU) in the last 12 months was 74.7 per 1,000 residents and was 56.5% lower than the Fryerns average (171.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 20.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Great Spenders (SS14 2NU), the main crime hotspot is near Peldon Pavement. Police recorded 29 crimes here, including 21 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Matching Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Matching Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Quilters Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Maplestead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maplestead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maplestead | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Spenders Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spenders Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spenders Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maplestead | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitmore Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Matching Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Matching Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Matching Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Quilters Close | Under investigation |
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