Total Crime Rate

6.0 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 6.0 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.0 1/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 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

Brookside area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Hawkwell West , and the 17th lowest crime rate of 264 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 Brookside (SS5 4EW) in the last 12 months was 6.0 per 1,000 residents and was 74.3% lower than the Hawkwell West average (23.3 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 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

In the area around Brookside (SS5 4EW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sudbury Close, where police recorded 8 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nursery Drive (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Brookside area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nursery Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nursery Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nursery Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sudbury Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sudbury Close Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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