There were a total of 22 street level crime incidents in Great Burstead in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Vehicle Crime.
Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Great Burstead, 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 | 14 |
| Vehicle Crime | 3 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Other Theft | 1 |
| Shoplifting | 1 |
| Criminal Damage Arson | 1 |
| Drugs | 1 |
| All Crime | 22 |
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 Great Burstead. 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 Great Burstead
We've taken the ten nearest places to Great Burstead and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Great Burstead has more crime than other surrounding areas.
| Location | Crime Incidents |
|---|---|
| Pipps Hill (1.96 miles) | 401 |
| Laindon (1.96 miles) | 192 |
| Gooseberry Green (1.96 miles) | 90 |
| Billericay (1.39 miles) | 90 |
| Great Burstead | 22 |
| Crays Hill (1.86 miles) | 16 |
| Tye Common (1.39 miles) | 11 |
| Crouch (2.59 miles) | 10 |
| Little Burstead (1.24 miles) | 4 |
| Ramsden Bellhouse (2.24 miles) | 3 |
of Burstead residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census
Where are the most violent places near Great Burstead?
The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Great Burstead and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.
| Location | Violent Incidents |
|---|---|
| Pipps Hill | 181 |
| Laindon | 94 |
| Billericay | 41 |
| Gooseberry Green | 40 |
| Great Burstead | 14 |
| Tye Common | 6 |
| Crouch | 5 |
| Crays Hill | 3 |
| Ramsden Bellhouse | 3 |
| Little Burstead | 1 |
How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Great Burstead?
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 Great Burstead 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 Great Burstead compare to surrounding wards?
We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Great Burstead and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Great Burstead is ranked #9.| # | Ward | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | St Martin's | 94 |
| 2 | Lee Chapel North | 93 |
| 3 | Crouch | 65 |
| 4 | South Hanningfield, Stock and Margaretting | 61 |
| 5 | Laindon Park | 60 |
| 6 | Ingatestone, Fryerning and Mountnessing | 54 |
| 7 | Herongate, Ingrave and West Horndon | 53 |
| 8 | Langdon Hills | 44 |
| 9 | Burstead | 40 |
| 10 | Billericay East | 27 |
| 11 | Billericay West | 17 |
Which road in Great Burstead has the highest level of crime?
We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Great Burstead with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Mountnessing Road.
Information provided by data.police.uk
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