Total Crime Rate

19.5 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

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 19.5 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.0 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.3 2/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • 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
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Link Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 75 local areas in Canvey Island Central , and the 53rd lowest crime rate of 281 local areas in Castle Point .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Link Road (SS8 9TL) in the last 12 months was 19.5 per 1,000 residents and was 80.3% 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -63.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 13.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -69.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Link Road (SS8 9TL), the main crime hotspot is near Broomfield Green. Police recorded 16 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Link Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Parade Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Link Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Station Approach Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Station Approach Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Station Approach Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Link Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Link Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Approach Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Greenways Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Greenways —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broomfield Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Broomfield Green Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Budna Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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