As of December 2025, the annual crime rate in Essex county stands at 8.5 crimes per 1000 people. Essex's current crime levels are at 101% of the national crime rate. Shoplifting crime makes up 8.7% of all crimes reported in the county. The total number of "shoplifting crime" is 13.6k, and this number has increased by 9.2% when compared year-over-year in the period of December 2024 - November 2025.
| Essex county | crime statistic | England & Wales |
|---|---|---|
| 8.5 | annual crime rate per 1k workday people | 8.4 |
| 101% | ratio of national crime rate | 100% |
| 8.7% | share of all crimes | 8.3% |
| 13.6k | crimes reported | 469k |
| 9.2% | annual change | -0.2% |
Crime rate ranking : Essex county has the 22. highest crime rate out of 54 counties
The total number of "shoplifting crime" is 13.6k, and this number has increased by 9.2% when compared year-over-year in the period of December 2024 - November 2025. 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 December 2024 - November 2025 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.
+9.2% annual change, crime is increasing
13.6k crimes reported
Crime rate percentage changeNumber of crime incidents by month from January 2014 to November 2025.
Crime rate per 1000 workday people compared to the national crime rate by year.
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.
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