Crime Statistics for Canvey Island, Castle Point, Essex, 2024

There were a total of 98 street level crime incidents in Canvey Island 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 Canvey Island, 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	38
Anti Social Behaviour	16
Other Theft	9
Public Order	9
Criminal Damage Arson	7
Shoplifting	6
Vehicle Crime	5
Drugs	3
Other Crime	2
Possession Of Weapons	2
Robbery	1
All Crime	98

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 Canvey Island. 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 Canvey Island

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Canvey Island	98
Hadleigh (3.1 miles)	93
Thundersley (3.11 miles)	91
Tarpots (3.34 miles)	59
Dutch Village (0.62 miles)	58
Benfleet (1.87 miles)	52
Hope’s Green (1.96 miles)	45
South Benfleet (1.96 miles)	45
Two Tree Island (3 miles)	11
Canvey Point (3.13 miles)	3

Where are the most violent places near Canvey Island?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Canvey Island	38
Thundersley	37
Benfleet	28
Tarpots	27
Hope’s Green	25
South Benfleet	25
Dutch Village	24
Hadleigh	21
Two Tree Island	4
Canvey Point	1

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

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 Canvey Island 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 Canvey Island compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Canvey Island and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Canvey Island is ranked #2.

#	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	Corringham and Fobbing	35
10	Appleton	29
11	Boyce	29

Which road in Canvey Island has the highest level of crime?

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