Total Crime Rate

88.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 88.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.2 8/10
  • Other crime 10.6 10/10
  • Other theft 7.1 6/10
  • Shoplifting 7.1 4/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Fernside Close area has the 7th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Corringham and Fobbing , and the 162nd highest crime rate of 505 local areas in Thurrock .

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 Fernside Close (SS17 9EJ) in the last 12 months was 88.7 per 1,000 residents and was 47.1% higher than the Corringham and Fobbing average (60.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 46.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fernside Close (SS17 9EJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Balmoral Avenue, where police recorded 7 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Birchwood Road (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Fernside Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Birchwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Carisbrooke Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kersbrooke Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kersbrooke Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wheatley Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elmstead Close Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woolifers Avenue Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Drugs Woolifers Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Other crime Birchwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balmoral Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balmoral Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Balmoral Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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