Published violence and sexual offences rates, Essex (Essex Police area)

Postcode districts and sectors ranked by published violence and sexual offences 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	90.6	2,559
2	CO1 18,053 residents	89.5	1,616
3	CM20 25,901 residents	74.2	1,923
4	SS14 29,040 residents	68.3	1,984
5	CO15 45,007 residents	65.8	2,963
6	SS2 39,093 residents	59.4	2,322
7	SS13 22,671 residents	59.3	1,344
8	CO16 26,571 residents	50.7	1,346
9	SS16 32,174 residents	50.2	1,616
10	RM18 19,776 residents	49.7	982
11	CO4 53,299 residents	47.0	2,507
12	SS0 42,526 residents	46.9	1,994
13	CO14 7,181 residents	46.4	333
14	CO12 23,474 residents	46.1	1,083
15	CM1 69,462 residents	46.1	3,200
16	CM18 25,990 residents	46.0	1,196
17	CO2 40,915 residents	45.8	1,875
18	RM17 29,935 residents	43.6	1,304
19	RM16 43,889 residents	40.5	1,777
20	EN9 25,323 residents	38.4	972

Lowest published rates

Rank of 65	District	Per 1,000 residents	Records
65	RM19 7,362 residents	14.9	110
64	CM77 15,894 residents	15.3	243
63	CB11 19,047 residents	15.8	301
62	CM11 19,068 residents	16.0	306
61	CM4 10,375 residents	16.1	167
60	SS5 22,287 residents	17.1	381
59	CB10 15,176 residents	18.6	283
58	CO6 29,030 residents	19.2	557
57	CM12 20,655 residents	20.0	413
56	SS7 50,559 residents	20.2	1,022
55	CO5 29,507 residents	20.4	601
54	CO11 13,961 residents	20.8	291
53	CM13 25,344 residents	21.1	536
52	CM15 23,943 residents	21.6	516
51	SS9 50,641 residents	21.8	1,102
50	CM5 11,772 residents	22.1	260
49	CM6 29,985 residents	22.2	667
48	CO13 12,843 residents	22.3	286
47	CO9 27,824 residents	22.9	637
46	SS17 33,930 residents	22.9	778

Postcode sectors: highest published rates

Rank of 177	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
1	CM1 1 6,267 residents	181.3	1,136
2	CO1 1 5,685 residents	141.2	803
3	CO15 1 7,204 residents	127.3	917
4	SS1 2 15,480 residents	119.4	1,849
5	CM20 1 8,190 residents	109.5	897
6	SS14 3 5,963 residents	87.4	521
7	SS14 1 10,631 residents	80.0	851
8	SS0 7 10,102 residents	78.2	790
9	SS13 3 7,790 residents	78.0	608
10	CO15 2 6,844 residents	76.4	523
11	CO15 3 9,711 residents	74.0	719
12	SS2 5 9,256 residents	72.6	672
13	RM18 7 5,806 residents	72.2	419
14	CM20 2 5,983 residents	71.7	429
15	SS2 6 13,482 residents	68.8	927
16	CO12 3 7,645 residents	67.8	518
17	SS16 5 11,733 residents	63.2	741
18	CO4 3 16,757 residents	62.2	1,042
19	CO1 2 12,368 residents	61.8	764
20	CM2 0 6,897 residents	58.3	402

Postcode sectors: lowest published rates

Rank of 177	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
177	CM77 7 7,138 residents	7.4	53
176	SS5 5 5,738 residents	9.6	55
175	CM9 8 9,519 residents	11.5	109
174	SS17 8 8,975 residents	11.8	106
173	CM11 1 7,425 residents	12.0	89
172	SS4 3 8,439 residents	12.6	106
171	CB11 4 8,800 residents	13.8	121
170	SS7 4 8,462 residents	13.8	117
169	CO5 7 5,115 residents	14.1	72
168	SS6 8 12,120 residents	14.7	178
167	RM19 1 7,362 residents	14.9	110
166	SS5 4 10,107 residents	15.2	154
165	CO4 0 7,554 residents	15.5	117
164	CO3 0 8,594 residents	16.2	139
163	CO3 9 5,489 residents	16.2	89
162	CM12 0 12,522 residents	16.5	206
161	CM7 9 9,722 residents	16.5	160
160	CO6 3 5,969 residents	16.6	99
159	CM16 7 7,041 residents	16.8	118
158	CM4 9 5,635 residents	17.0	96

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