Published vehicle crime rates, Essex (Essex Police area)

Postcode districts and sectors ranked by published vehicle 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	RM16 43,889 residents	13.6	596
2	RM18 19,776 residents	11.8	233
3	RM20 7,585 residents	11.7	89
4	CM14 21,406 residents	11.4	244
5	EN9 25,323 residents	10.4	264
6	SS1 28,248 residents	9.8	277
7	IG9 13,265 residents	9.6	127
8	RM17 29,935 residents	9.4	281
9	SS13 22,671 residents	8.7	198
10	SS14 29,040 residents	8.6	250
11	CM20 25,901 residents	8.4	218
12	CM22 16,149 residents	8.1	130
13	CO1 18,053 residents	8.0	144
14	CM15 23,943 residents	7.9	188
15	CM16 23,918 residents	7.7	184
16	CO15 45,007 residents	7.6	340
17	CO16 26,571 residents	7.3	194
18	CM13 25,344 residents	7.3	184
19	CM24 8,727 residents	7.2	63
20	RM15 32,259 residents	6.9	224

Lowest published rates

Rank of 65	District	Per 1,000 residents	Records
65	CM9 35,370 residents	1.6	55
64	CO9 27,824 residents	1.9	52
63	CB10 15,176 residents	1.9	29
62	CM0 17,912 residents	2.0	35
61	CM77 15,894 residents	2.1	33
60	CO5 29,507 residents	2.3	67
59	SS5 22,287 residents	2.4	53
58	CB11 19,047 residents	2.5	47
57	SS7 50,559 residents	2.5	128
56	SS8 38,342 residents	2.7	105
55	CO12 23,474 residents	2.9	68
54	CM8 35,695 residents	2.9	104
53	CM11 19,068 residents	3.0	57
52	SS9 50,641 residents	3.2	160
51	CM12 20,655 residents	3.2	67
50	CO14 7,181 residents	3.3	24
49	CO6 29,030 residents	3.4	100
48	SS4 22,002 residents	3.5	78
47	CO11 13,961 residents	3.6	50
46	CO13 12,843 residents	3.6	46

Postcode sectors: highest published rates

Rank of 177	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
1	SS14 3 5,963 residents	21.6	129
2	RM18 7 5,806 residents	18.6	108
3	CM20 2 5,983 residents	15.9	95
4	CM13 3 6,390 residents	13.8	88
5	IG9 5 7,675 residents	12.5	96
6	EN9 1 8,671 residents	12.2	106
7	CM14 5 9,170 residents	12.1	111
8	RM16 4 10,856 residents	12.1	131
9	CM22 6 9,364 residents	11.4	107
10	RM17 6 15,754 residents	11.2	176
11	SS1 2 15,480 residents	11.0	170
12	CM14 4 12,236 residents	10.9	133
13	SS13 3 7,790 residents	10.5	82
14	CO1 1 5,685 residents	10.4	59
15	CO2 9 10,200 residents	10.2	104
16	CO4 3 16,757 residents	10.1	170
17	EN9 3 11,666 residents	9.9	116
18	CO15 1 7,204 residents	9.4	68
19	RM15 4 9,821 residents	9.0	88
20	RM18 8 13,970 residents	8.9	125

Postcode sectors: lowest published rates

Rank of 177	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
177	CO5 8 7,515 residents	0.8	6
176	CM77 7 7,138 residents	1.0	7
175	CM9 8 9,519 residents	1.1	10
174	CO9 3 6,409 residents	1.1	7
173	CO5 7 5,115 residents	1.2	6
172	CM9 4 9,555 residents	1.4	13
171	SS9 5 11,863 residents	1.4	17
170	CM3 5 14,333 residents	1.5	21
169	CM0 7 9,038 residents	1.5	14
168	CM9 6 11,939 residents	1.8	21
167	CO9 2 7,176 residents	1.8	13
166	CO6 2 6,571 residents	1.8	12
165	CO6 4 6,011 residents	1.8	11
164	SS8 8 7,092 residents	1.8	13
163	CM7 2 6,536 residents	1.8	12
162	CM7 1 9,774 residents	1.9	19
161	CM8 1 15,147 residents	2.0	30
160	CO3 9 5,489 residents	2.0	11
159	CB11 3 10,247 residents	2.0	21
158	SS3 8 5,297 residents	2.1	11

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