Crime Statistics for Cambridge Town, Shoeburyness, Essex, 2024

Crime statistics for Cambridge Town, Shoeburyness

There were a total of 56 street level crime incidents in Cambridge Town in January 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 Cambridge Town, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime32
Anti Social Behaviour6
Shoplifting6
Criminal Damage Arson4
Other Theft3
Public Order3
Vehicle Crime1
Drugs1
All Crime56

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

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

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Cambridge Town

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Southchurch (1.39 miles)275
Bournes Green (1.39 miles)131
North Shoebury (1.24 miles)130
Great Wakering (2.24 miles)104
Shoebury Ness (0.87 miles)67
Shoeburyness (0.62 miles)64
Cambridge Town56
Little Wakering (2.56 miles)41
Stonebridge (2.56 miles)37
Samuel’s Corner (2.63 miles)35

8.67%
of West Shoebury residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Cambridge Town?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Southchurch126
North Shoebury73
Bournes Green66
Great Wakering50
Shoebury Ness34
Shoeburyness33
Cambridge Town32
Little Wakering24
Stonebridge22
Samuel’s Corner18

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

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 Cambridge Town 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 Cambridge Town compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Cambridge Town and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Cambridge Town is ranked #9.

#WardScore
1Milton91
2Kursaal90
3Victoria83
4Roche South66
5St. Luke's64
6Shoeburyness64
7Southchurch56
8Chalkwell56
9West Shoebury50
10Thorpe49
11Foulness and The Wakerings33

Which road in Cambridge Town has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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