Crime Statistics for Benfleet, Castle Point, Essex, 2024

There were a total of 52 street level crime incidents in Benfleet 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 Benfleet, 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	28
Anti Social Behaviour	7
Public Order	7
Shoplifting	4
Vehicle Crime	3
Burglary	1
Criminal Damage Arson	1
Other Theft	1
All Crime	52

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 Benfleet. 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 Benfleet

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Bowers Gifford (2.34 miles)	138
Thundersley (1.25 miles)	98
Canvey Island (1.87 miles)	98
Hadleigh (1.84 miles)	93
New Thundersley (2.01 miles)	79
Tarpots (1.84 miles)	68
Dutch Village (2.01 miles)	58
Benfleet	52
South Benfleet (0.74 miles)	48
Hope’s Green (0.74 miles)	45

Where are the most violent places near Benfleet?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Bowers Gifford	49
Thundersley	46
Canvey Island	38
New Thundersley	31
Benfleet	28
Tarpots	26
Hope’s Green	25
Dutch Village	24
South Benfleet	23
Hadleigh	21

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

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 Benfleet 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 Benfleet compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Canvey Island Central	70
2	Canvey Island West	60
3	Canvey Island Winter Gardens	60
4	Canvey Island South	58
5	Canvey Island East	44
6	St James	41
7	Canvey Island North	38
8	St Mary's	36
9	Appleton	29
10	Boyce	29
11	St George's	26

Which road in Benfleet has the highest level of crime?

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