Crime Rates at Palmerstone Road, Canvey Island, SS8 0NB

Palmerstone Road area has the 36th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Canvey Island Central , and the 86th highest crime rate of 281 local areas in Castle Point .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Palmerstone Road (SS8 0NB) in the last 12 months was 60.1 per 1,000 residents and was 39.4% lower than the Canvey Island Central average (99.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -18.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 30.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Palmerstone Road (SS8 0NB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near First Avenue (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.