Crime Rates at Vicarage Close, Laindon, Basildon, SS15 5FE

Vicarage Close area has the 8th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Lee Chapel North , and the 98th 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 Vicarage Close (SS15 5FE) in the last 12 months was 131.7 per 1,000 residents and was 37.6% higher than the Lee Chapel North average (95.7 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 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 90.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vicarage Close (SS15 5FE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mellow Purgess Close, where police recorded 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gerbera Close (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.