Total Crime Rate

357.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 357.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 185.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 87.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 34.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.9 9/10
  • Other theft 9.4 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Burglary 3.1 3/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Robbery 3.1 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Softwater Lane area has the highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Hadleigh St James , and the 3rd 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 Softwater Lane (SS7 2NE) in the last 12 months was 357.4 per 1,000 residents and was 567.5% higher than the Hadleigh St James average (53.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 59 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 94.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Softwater Lane (SS7 2NE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 84 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Softwater Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oak Road North Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Pine Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rectory Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rectory Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Rectory Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Endway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Oak Road North Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences London Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Homestead Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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