Crime Rates at Deacon Drive, Laindon, Basildon, SS15 5FY

Deacon Drive area has the 5th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Lee Chapel North , and the 38th 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 Deacon Drive (SS15 5FY) in the last 12 months was 238.3 per 1,000 residents and was 156.8% higher than the Lee Chapel North average (92.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 166.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Deacon Drive (SS15 5FY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mellow Purgess Close, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Temple Close (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.