Crime Statistics for Barstable, Basildon, Essex, 2024

There were a total of 425 street level crime incidents in Barstable in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Barstable, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	176
Anti Social Behaviour	51
Vehicle Crime	36
Criminal Damage Arson	33
Public Order	32
Shoplifting	24
Drugs	22
Other Theft	16
Burglary	14
Other Crime	6
Robbery	6
Possession Of Weapons	6
Theft From The Person	2
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	425

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Barstable. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Barstable

We've taken the ten nearest places to Barstable and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Barstable has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Basildon (1.39 miles)	519
Felmore (1.39 miles)	519
Barstable	425
Fryerns (0.88 miles)	423
Pipps Hill (1.39 miles)	401
Pitsea (1.24 miles)	362
Chalvedon (1.24 miles)	362
Burnt Mills (1.75 miles)	320
Eversley (1.86 miles)	240
Dry Street (1.75 miles)	36

Where are the most violent places near Barstable?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Barstable and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Basildon	219
Felmore	219
Pipps Hill	181
Fryerns	178
Barstable	176
Pitsea	150
Chalvedon	150
Burnt Mills	117
Eversley	94
Dry Street	22

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Barstable?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Barstable to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Barstable compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Barstable and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Barstable is ranked #6.

#	Ward	Score
1	St Martin's	94
2	Lee Chapel North	93
3	Vange	93
4	Pitsea North West	84
5	Fryerns	76
6	Nethermayne	73
7	Laindon Park	60
8	Stanford East and Corringham Town	46
9	Langdon Hills	44
10	Corringham and Fobbing	35
11	The Homesteads	29

Which road in Barstable has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Barstable with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Ardleigh.