Published crime rates, Essex (Essex Police area)

Postcode districts and sectors ranked by published street-crime records per 1,000 Census 2021 residents, September 2025 to August 2026. Counts sit beside every rate.

These are published crime rates, not safety ratings. Expect city centres, stations and big shopping areas near the top: many people visit, few live there, and a residents-only rate counts the visitors' records against the residents alone. Published locations are approximate; they are snapped to anonymous map points before release, and each record is assigned to its nearest postcode, so records near a boundary can fall in the next area. Areas with fewer than 5,000 residents, and areas inside a force publication gap, are not ranked. Rates cover England and Wales only. How rankings are built.

Highest published rates

Rank of 65	District	Per 1,000 residents	Records
1	SS1 28,248 residents	231.7	6,545
2	CO1 18,053 residents	219.0	3,954
3	CM20 25,901 residents	199.0	5,154
4	SS14 29,040 residents	180.1	5,231
5	SS13 22,671 residents	153.1	3,471
6	CO15 45,007 residents	145.5	6,547
7	SS2 39,093 residents	142.6	5,575
8	RM16 43,889 residents	133.7	5,868
9	RM20 7,585 residents	129.5	982
10	RM18 19,776 residents	128.8	2,548
11	RM17 29,935 residents	117.7	3,524
12	CM22 16,149 residents	117.7	1,901
13	CM14 21,406 residents	115.4	2,471
14	CM1 69,462 residents	112.0	7,777
15	SS0 42,526 residents	109.1	4,640
16	CO16 26,571 residents	108.6	2,886
17	CM24 8,727 residents	106.9	933
18	CO4 53,299 residents	106.6	5,683
19	CM18 25,990 residents	106.6	2,771
20	CO2 40,915 residents	104.3	4,269

Lowest published rates

Rank of 65	District	Per 1,000 residents	Records
65	CB11 19,047 residents	34.2	651
64	RM19 7,362 residents	38.0	280
63	SS5 22,287 residents	38.5	858
62	CM11 19,068 residents	39.2	748
61	CO6 29,030 residents	40.3	1,169
60	CM77 15,894 residents	41.5	660
59	CO5 29,507 residents	44.0	1,297
58	CB10 15,176 residents	46.4	704
57	SS7 50,559 residents	46.6	2,358
56	CO11 13,961 residents	48.7	680
55	SS9 50,641 residents	49.4	2,500
54	CO13 12,843 residents	49.8	640
53	CO9 27,824 residents	51.9	1,445
52	CM6 29,985 residents	52.9	1,585
51	CM4 10,375 residents	53.0	550
50	CM3 56,181 residents	53.6	3,010
49	CO7 34,983 residents	53.9	1,887
48	CM9 35,370 residents	55.5	1,964
47	CM5 11,772 residents	56.2	661
46	CM12 20,655 residents	57.1	1,179

Postcode sectors: highest published rates

Rank of 177	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
1	CM1 1 6,267 residents	512.5	3,212
2	CO1 1 5,685 residents	373.6	2,124
3	SS14 3 5,963 residents	316.6	1,888
4	CO15 1 7,204 residents	295.9	2,132
5	CM20 1 8,190 residents	294.7	2,414
6	SS1 2 15,480 residents	278.6	4,313
7	CM20 2 5,983 residents	238.0	1,424
8	RM18 7 5,806 residents	217.2	1,261
9	SS14 1 10,631 residents	197.8	2,103
10	SS13 3 7,790 residents	196.7	1,532
11	SS2 6 13,482 residents	176.6	2,381
12	SS2 5 9,256 residents	172.3	1,595
13	CM22 6 9,364 residents	169.7	1,589
14	SS0 7 10,102 residents	165.0	1,667
15	CO15 3 9,711 residents	158.4	1,538
16	EN9 1 8,671 residents	148.4	1,287
17	CM14 4 12,236 residents	146.9	1,798
18	CO15 2 6,844 residents	146.8	1,005
19	CO4 3 16,757 residents	142.9	2,395
20	CO12 3 7,645 residents	140.1	1,071

Postcode sectors: lowest published rates

Rank of 177	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
177	CM77 7 7,138 residents	22.7	162
176	SS5 5 5,738 residents	23.0	132
175	CM9 8 9,519 residents	24.7	235
174	SS4 3 8,439 residents	26.9	227
173	SS17 8 8,975 residents	29.5	265
172	CB11 4 8,800 residents	30.8	271
171	CO6 2 6,571 residents	31.5	207
170	CO5 7 5,115 residents	32.1	164
169	CO6 4 6,011 residents	32.1	193
168	CO3 9 5,489 residents	32.6	179
167	CM11 1 7,425 residents	32.9	244
166	SS6 8 12,120 residents	33.5	406
165	SS7 3 10,794 residents	35.6	384
164	CB11 3 10,247 residents	37.1	380
163	RM19 1 7,362 residents	38.0	280
162	SS9 5 11,863 residents	39.3	466
161	CM3 4 9,368 residents	39.3	368
160	CM3 6 10,015 residents	39.7	398
159	CM7 9 9,722 residents	40.3	392
158	SS5 4 10,107 residents	40.4	408

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