As of January 2026, the annual crime rate in Essex county stands at 40.1 crimes per 1000 people. Essex's current crime levels are at 113% of the national crime rate. Violent crime makes up 41.1% of all crimes reported in the county. The total number of "violent crime" is 64.5k, and this number has increased by 5.3% when compared year-over-year in the period of January 2025 - December 2025.
| Essex county | crime statistic | England & Wales |
|---|---|---|
| 40.1 | annual crime rate per 1k workday people | 35.5 |
| 113% | ratio of national crime rate | 100% |
| 41.1% | share of all crimes | 35.1% |
| 64.5k | crimes reported | 2.0M |
| 5.3% | annual change | 1.0% |
Crime rate ranking : Essex county has the 15. highest crime rate out of 54 counties
The total number of "violent crime" is 64.5k, and this number has increased by 5.3% when compared year-over-year in the period of January 2025 - December 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 January 2025 - December 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.
+5.3% annual change, crime is increasing
64.5k crimes reported
Crime rate percentage changeNumber of crime incidents by month from January 2014 to December 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 2021 till 2025.
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