Total Crime Rate

283.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 283.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 99.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 48.2 10/10
  • Other theft 38.6 10/10
  • Public order 25.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.5 8/10
  • Burglary 12.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.9 9/10
  • Other crime 9.7 9/10
  • Shoplifting 6.4 4/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Robbery 3.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

West Green area has the highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Appleton , and the 7th 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 West Green (SS7 5SX) in the last 12 months was 283.0 per 1,000 residents and was 735.4% higher than the Appleton average (33.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 128.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 238.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around West Green (SS7 5SX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near High Road, where police recorded 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Linden Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in West Green area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hatley Gardens Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Croft Road Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson London Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft London Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elgar Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Hatley Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southwold Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft High Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Linden Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Gleneagles Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lyndene Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order London Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hatley Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft High Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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