Total Crime Rate
143.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Nightingale Grove area has the 25th highest crime rate of 78 local areas in Fryerns , and the 83rd highest crime rate of 552 local areas in Basildon .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Nightingale Grove (SS14 3SL) in the last 12 months was 143.9 per 1,000 residents and was 12.7% lower 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 93.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 36.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 285.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Nightingale Grove (SS14 3SL), the main crime hotspot is near Timberlog Close. Police recorded 44 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Fryerns| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lark Way | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Chalice Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavell Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Tyndale Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gainsborough Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gainsborough Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chalice Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Austen Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lark Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Stephenson Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Chittock | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pattiswick Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Faraday Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Newton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Newton Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Newton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Newton Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavell Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ascot Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Timberlog Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Pankhurst Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lark Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Avon Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Herschell Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Herschell Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Timberlog Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Timberlog Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Timberlog Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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