Crime Rates at Burdock Drive, Basildon, SS15 5RT

Burdock Drive area has the 7th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Lee Chapel North , and the 87th 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 Burdock Drive (SS15 5RT) in the last 12 months was 141.1 per 1,000 residents and was 47.4% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 56.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 17.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Burdock Drive (SS15 5RT), 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.