Essex crime stats

February 2024

Most crimes, 67.4k crimes were violent crimes which is 39.6% of all crimes committed in the area. Violent crime rate is at 118% of national crime rate. Shoplifting crime was the fastest growing crime and it increased by 22.9% over the last twelve months.Essex crime statistics
Crime categoryShare of all crimesRanking (52 counties)% of national crime rateCrime volume% annual change
Violent crime →39.6%14. highest118%67.4k-10.7%
Antisocial behaviour crime →8.8%8. lowest59%15.0k-37.1%
Vehicle crime →8.4%4. highest140%14.3k7.2%
Criminal damage and arson crime →8.0%22. highest106%13.6k-8.0%
Other theft crime →7.8%10. highest101%13.2k1.9%
Public order crime →7.8%24. highest103%13.2k-21.7%
Shoplifting crime →6.6%25. highest98%11.3k22.9%
Burglary crime →4.3%14. highest105%7.3k11.3%
Drugs crime →3.1%6. highest122%5.3k2.4%
Other crime →1.9%19. highest114%3.3k-4.7%
Possession of weapons crime →1.1%11. highest125%1.8k13.0%
Bicycle theft crime →1.0%21. highest90%1.6k-7.2%
Robbery crime →0.9%8. highest77%1.6k5.4%
Theft from the person crime →0.7%18. highest36%1.2k-8.7%
Crime categoryShare of all crimesCrime rate ranking% of national crime rateCrime volume% annual change
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The category of "vehicle crime" is the highest ranking crime category when category crime rate is compared to the national average. "Vehicle crime" rate is at 140% of national crime rate which puts Essex on 4. position out of 52 England's and Wales' counties in this crime category. "Vehicle crime" makes up 8.4% of all crimes committed in the area. The total number of "vehicle crime" is 14.3k cases and has increased by 7.2% when compared year-over-year in the period of February 2023 - January 2024.

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