Crime Statistics for Little Thurrock, Grays, Essex, 2024

There were a total of 321 street level crime incidents in Little Thurrock 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 Little Thurrock, 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	124
Anti Social Behaviour	36
Shoplifting	28
Vehicle Crime	24
Other Theft	23
Criminal Damage Arson	22
Burglary	19
Public Order	17
Drugs	12
Other Crime	8
Possession Of Weapons	4
Robbery	2
Theft From The Person	2
All Crime	321

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 Little Thurrock. 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 Little Thurrock

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Little Thurrock	321
Lakeside (2.48 miles)	258
South Stifford (1.96 miles)	240
Grays (1.39 miles)	225
Tilbury (2.24 miles)	181
Biggin (2.24 miles)	158
South Ockendon (2.77 miles)	152
North Stifford (1.39 miles)	110
Baker Street (1.39 miles)	40
Southfields (2.77 miles)	15

Where are the most violent places near Little Thurrock?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Little Thurrock	124
Grays	92
Tilbury	71
Biggin	62
Lakeside	59
South Ockendon	55
South Stifford	53
North Stifford	43
Baker Street	15
Southfields	3

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

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 Little Thurrock 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 Little Thurrock compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Little Thurrock and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Little Thurrock is ranked #7.

#	Ward	Score
1	Tilbury St Chads	83
2	Grays Riverside	73
3	Tilbury Riverside and Thurrock Park	73
4	West Thurrock and South Stifford	72
5	Chadwell St Mary	66
6	Little Thurrock Blackshots	59
7	Grays Thurrock	54
8	Stifford Clays	50
9	Little Thurrock Rectory	47
10	South Chafford	32
11	Chafford and North Stifford	28

Which road in Little Thurrock has the highest level of crime?

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