Total Crime Rate
52.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
31.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Down Hall Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Downhall and Rawreth , and the 76th highest crime rate of 261 local areas in Rochford .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Down Hall Road (SS6 9JT) in the last 12 months was 52.3 per 1,000 residents and was 22.2% lower than the Downhall and Rawreth average (67.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 31.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Down Hall Road (SS6 9JT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Creswick Avenue, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Harper Way (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harper Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harper Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Malvern Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Malvern Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Malvern Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Philbrick Crescent East | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Philbrick Crescent East | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Philbrick Crescent East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harper Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dene Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Creswick Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Creswick Avenue | Under investigation |
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