Total Crime Rate
158.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
47.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Billet Lane area has the 4th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Leigh , and the 100th highest crime rate of 523 local areas in Southend-on-Sea .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Billet Lane (SS9 2HR) in the last 12 months was 158.1 per 1,000 residents and was 147.6% higher than the Leigh average (63.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 47.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Billet Lane (SS9 2HR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Grange Road (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Leigh| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Laurel Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grange Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Grange Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Laurel Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Laurel Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Belton Bridge | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Laurel Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hadleigh Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belton Way East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Belton Way East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Belton Way East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Laurel Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alley Dock | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Alley Dock | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairleigh Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadway West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rectory Grove | Under investigation |
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