Total Crime Rate
8.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
2.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Westbury area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 53 local areas in Hawkwell East , and the 20th lowest crime rate of 261 local areas in Rochford .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Westbury (SS4 1UL) in the last 12 months was 8.4 per 1,000 residents and was 77.1% lower than the Hawkwell East average (36.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -93.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Westbury (SS4 1UL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mansted Gardens, where police recorded 9 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Holt Farm Way (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Rochford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Eastbury Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mansted Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wendon Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cornwall Gardens | Under investigation |
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