Total Crime Rate

121.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 121.4 8/10
  • Shoplifting 51.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.0 7/10
  • Public order 16.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.0 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.8 8/10
  • Burglary 6.4 7/10
  • Robbery 3.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Main Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Hawkwell West , and the 20th highest crime rate of 264 local areas in Rochford .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Main Road (SS5 4QS) in the last 12 months was 121.4 per 1,000 residents and was 422.0% higher than the Hawkwell West average (23.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 35.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Main Road (SS5 4QS), the main crime hotspot is near Bramerton Road. Police recorded 14 crimes here, including 6 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Main Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Beatrice Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gatscombe Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bramerton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bramerton Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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