Total Crime Rate

262.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

26.6 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 262.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 216.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 26.6 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.6 4/10
  • Other theft 13.3 9/10
  • Public order 6.6 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.3 2/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Benfleet Road area has the highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Hadleigh St James , and the 6th highest crime rate of 281 local areas in Castle Point .

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 Benfleet Road (SS7 1LY) in the last 12 months was 262.5 per 1,000 residents and was 395.9% higher than the Hadleigh St James average (52.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 65 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 26.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Benfleet Road (SS7 1LY), the main crime hotspot is near Benfleet Road. Police recorded 79 crimes here, including 8 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Benfleet Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Highfield Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Benfleet Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Benfleet Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Benfleet Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary St John'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St John'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Benfleet Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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