Total Crime Rate
234.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Deacon Drive area has the 5th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Lee Chapel North , and the 41st 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 234.0 per 1,000 residents and was 144.5% higher than the Lee Chapel North average (95.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (β 170.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 53.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.3% 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 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Temple Close (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Lee Chapel North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Frobisher Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Deacon Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Monastery Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mellow Purgess Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mellow Purgess Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mellow Purgess Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hermitage Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spire Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spire Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parish Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lych Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lych Gate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Friars Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Byrd Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Deacon Drive | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Friars Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Palmer Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Temple Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Carol Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Carol Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Temple Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Temple Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Frobisher Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Frobisher Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Frobisher Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Frobisher Close | β |
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