Total Crime Rate

107.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

52.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 107.6 8/10
  • Violent crimes 52.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.7 8/10
  • Public order 13.7 8/10
  • Drugs 9.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.9 4/10
  • Other crime 6.9 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.6 7/10
  • Burglary 2.3 1/10
  • Other theft 2.3 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Pilgrim Way area has the 13th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Lee Chapel North , and the 143rd 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 Pilgrim Way (SS15 5YW) in the last 12 months was 107.6 per 1,000 residents and was 15.9% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 52.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pilgrim Way (SS15 5YW), 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 Gerbera Close (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Pilgrim Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Temple Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Gerbera Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Begonia Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Albert Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Iris Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Mellow Purgess Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chancel Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parsonage Lane
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Tower Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Poppy Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Poppy Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Poppy Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Poppy Gardens Local resolution
Apr 2026Burglary Poppy Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gerbera Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gerbera Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Gerbera Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lych Gate Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Temple Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Frobisher Close
Apr 2026Drugs Burdock Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Burdock Drive Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Burdock Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Burdock Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Friars Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Altar Place Offender given a caution

Data Sources

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