Essex antisocial behaviour crime statistics

As of February 2026, the annual crime rate in Essex county stands at 9.2 crimes per 1000 people. Essex's current crime levels are at 57% of the national crime rate. Antisocial behaviour crime makes up 9.4% of all crimes reported in the county. Antisocial behaviour crime totalled 14.8k representing an increase 2.0% year-over-year.

Essex antisocial behaviour crime statistics Breakdown: Rate, Share, Volume, and Annual Change Compared to England & Wales
Essex county	crime statistic	England & Wales
9.2	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	16.2
57%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
9.4%	share of all crimes	16.1%
14.8k	crimes reported	908k
2.0%	annual change	0.4%

Essex antisocial behaviour crime rate comparison map

Essex antisocial behaviour crime rate rank

Crime rate ranking : Essex county has the 10. lowest crime rate out of 54 counties

Essex antisocial behaviour crime rate compared to other counties

Antisocial behaviour crime totalled 14.8k representing an increase 2.0% year-over-year. In the graph below, county are compared by crime rate and crime rate percentage change. Crime rate percentage change compares the county crime rate between February 2025 - January 2026 to the county crime rate in the previous 12 months. The size of the circle reflects the number of total crimes reported. The bigger the circle, the higher the number of crimes reported in the county.

+2.0% annual change, crime is increasing

14.8k crimes reported

Essex antisocial behaviour crime rate compared to other counties

Crime rate per 1000 workday people

Essex antisocial behaviour crime volume

Number of crime incidents by month from January 2014 to January 2026.

Essex antisocial behaviour crime volume

Essex antisocial behaviour crime rate

Crime rate per 1000 workday people compared to the national crime rate by year.

Essex antisocial behaviour crime seasonality

Total number of crimes reported in a given calendar month (1 = January … 12 = December) in the previous five years, i.e. from 2020 till 2024.

Essex antisocial behaviour crime seasonality

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