Crime category | Share of all crimes | Ranking (52 counties) | % of national crime rate | Crime volume | % annual change |
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Violent crime → | 39.6% | 14. highest | 118% | 67.4k | -10.7% |
Antisocial behaviour crime → | 8.8% | 8. lowest | 59% | 15.0k | -37.1% |
Vehicle crime → | 8.4% | 4. highest | 140% | 14.3k | 7.2% |
Criminal damage and arson crime → | 8.0% | 22. highest | 106% | 13.6k | -8.0% |
Other theft crime → | 7.8% | 10. highest | 101% | 13.2k | 1.9% |
Public order crime → | 7.8% | 24. highest | 103% | 13.2k | -21.7% |
Shoplifting crime → | 6.6% | 25. highest | 98% | 11.3k | 22.9% |
Burglary crime → | 4.3% | 14. highest | 105% | 7.3k | 11.3% |
Drugs crime → | 3.1% | 6. highest | 122% | 5.3k | 2.4% |
Other crime → | 1.9% | 19. highest | 114% | 3.3k | -4.7% |
Possession of weapons crime → | 1.1% | 11. highest | 125% | 1.8k | 13.0% |
Bicycle theft crime → | 1.0% | 21. highest | 90% | 1.6k | -7.2% |
Robbery crime → | 0.9% | 8. highest | 77% | 1.6k | 5.4% |
Theft from the person crime → | 0.7% | 18. highest | 36% | 1.2k | -8.7% |
Crime category | Share of all crimes | Crime rate ranking | % of national crime rate | Crime 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.