Total Crime Rate
151.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
94.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Yardeley area has the 7th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Langdon Hills , and the 82nd highest crime rate of 552 local areas in Basildon .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Yardeley (SS15 5DG) in the last 12 months was 151.9 per 1,000 residents and was 57.7% higher than the Langdon Hills average (96.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 94.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Yardeley (SS15 5DG), the main crime hotspot is near Great Knightleys. Police recorded 40 crimes here, including 22 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 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mynchens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mynchens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Teagles | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Mynchens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jermayns | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jermayns | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Jermayns | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Great Knightleys | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shepeshall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Boytons | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Boytons | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Great Knightleys | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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