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Recorded crime: Essex Police 12 months to June 2026
83.9recorded offences per 1,000 residents
Police recorded 163,012 offences in the Essex Police area in the 12 months to June 2026, up 3.7% (5,777) on the previous 12 months. That is 83.9 per 1,000 residents against 97.4 for England and Wales.
Home Office · data.police.uk street-level crime archive force population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 1,943,003 Since 2011 Recorded offences per 1,000 residents: Year to June 2012 to Year to June 2026 Coalition Coalition Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Labour Labour 0 50 100 2015 2020 2025 Year to June 2012: 92.3 per 1,000 residents · 160,824 offences · population mid-2012 Year to June 2013: 88.3 per 1,000 residents · 155,075 offences · population mid-2013 Year to June 2014: 85.6 per 1,000 residents · 152,318 offences · population mid-2014 Year to June 2015: 86.7 per 1,000 residents · 155,572 offences · population mid-2015 Year to June 2016: 91 per 1,000 residents · 164,741 offences · population mid-2016 Year to June 2017: 96.9 per 1,000 residents · 176,548 offences · population mid-2017 Year to June 2018: 104 per 1,000 residents · 190,589 offences · population mid-2018 Year to June 2019: 113.4 per 1,000 residents · 209,317 offences · population mid-2019 Year to June 2020: 111.3 per 1,000 residents · 206,231 offences · population mid-2020 Year to June 2021: 113.4 per 1,000 residents · 211,207 offences · population mid-2021 Year to June 2022: 103 per 1,000 residents · 193,370 offences · population mid-2022 Year to June 2023: 94.7 per 1,000 residents · 180,267 offences · population mid-2023 Year to June 2024: 85.1 per 1,000 residents · 163,776 offences · population mid-2024 Year to June 2025: 80.9 per 1,000 residents · 157,235 offences · population mid-2025 Year to June 2026: 83.9 per 1,000 residents · 163,012 offences · population mid-2025
Each year to June, complete years only. Areas are today's boundaries throughout. Shaded bands: governments (see labels) Hover or use arrow keys to read a value Monthly trend Monthly recorded crime: December 2010 to June 2026 Coalition Coalition Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Labour Labour 0 5k 10k 15k 2010 2015 2020 2025 December 2010: 11,736 offences January 2011: 12,565 offences February 2011: 12,683 offences March 2011: 13,810 offences April 2011: 14,506 offences May 2011: 13,390 offences June 2011: 13,647 offences July 2011: 15,256 offences August 2011: 15,113 offences September 2011: 12,990 offences October 2011: 13,926 offences November 2011: 12,522 offences December 2011: 12,488 offences January 2012: 12,768 offences February 2012: 12,256 offences March 2012: 14,083 offences April 2012: 12,142 offences May 2012: 13,989 offences June 2012: 13,291 offences July 2012: 13,980 offences August 2012: 14,668 offences September 2012: 12,713 offences October 2012: 13,503 offences November 2012: 12,683 offences December 2012: 11,737 offences January 2013: 12,726 offences February 2013: 11,516 offences March 2013: 12,860 offences April 2013: 12,105 offences May 2013: 13,168 offences June 2013: 13,416 offences July 2013: 15,177 offences August 2013: 14,798 offences September 2013: 12,256 offences October 2013: 12,914 offences November 2013: 12,110 offences December 2013: 11,608 offences January 2014: 11,076 offences February 2014: 10,524 offences March 2014: 12,787 offences April 2014: 12,725 offences May 2014: 13,127 offences June 2014: 13,216 offences July 2014: 14,155 offences August 2014: 13,175 offences September 2014: 13,211 offences October 2014: 12,861 offences November 2014: 12,095 offences December 2014: 11,846 offences January 2015: 11,560 offences February 2015: 11,558 offences March 2015: 13,375 offences April 2015: 13,201 offences May 2015: 14,223 offences June 2015: 14,312 offences July 2015: 14,796 offences August 2015: 14,096 offences September 2015: 13,594 offences October 2015: 13,850 offences November 2015: 13,330 offences December 2015: 13,157 offences January 2016: 12,889 offences February 2016: 12,376 offences March 2016: 13,602 offences April 2016: 13,805 offences May 2016: 14,972 offences June 2016: 14,274 offences July 2016: 15,649 offences August 2016: 15,268 offences September 2016: 14,769 offences October 2016: 15,296 offences November 2016: 14,087 offences December 2016: 13,761 offences January 2017: 13,306 offences February 2017: 12,963 offences March 2017: 15,154 offences April 2017: 14,861 offences May 2017: 15,716 offences June 2017: 15,718 offences July 2017: 17,216 offences August 2017: 16,145 offences September 2017: 15,106 offences October 2017: 16,479 offences November 2017: 15,179 offences December 2017: 14,112 offences January 2018: 14,786 offences February 2018: 13,752 offences March 2018: 16,014 offences April 2018: 16,709 offences May 2018: 17,618 offences June 2018: 17,473 offences July 2018: 18,713 offences August 2018: 17,338 offences September 2018: 16,505 offences October 2018: 17,791 offences November 2018: 17,050 offences December 2018: 16,587 offences January 2019: 16,428 offences February 2019: 16,377 offences March 2019: 18,521 offences April 2019: 17,574 offences May 2019: 18,646 offences June 2019: 17,787 offences July 2019: 18,718 offences August 2019: 18,276 offences September 2019: 17,246 offences October 2019: 17,531 offences November 2019: 16,804 offences December 2019: 16,024 offences January 2020: 17,165 offences February 2020: 16,251 offences March 2020: 16,282 offences April 2020: 15,869 offences May 2020: 17,858 offences June 2020: 18,207 offences July 2020: 19,110 offences August 2020: 19,665 offences September 2020: 17,690 offences October 2020: 17,335 offences November 2020: 17,934 offences December 2020: 15,968 offences January 2021: 16,065 offences February 2021: 15,796 offences March 2021: 18,065 offences April 2021: 17,166 offences May 2021: 18,207 offences June 2021: 18,206 offences July 2021: 18,387 offences August 2021: 16,751 offences September 2021: 16,609 offences October 2021: 16,324 offences November 2021: 15,740 offences December 2021: 14,815 offences January 2022: 15,125 offences February 2022: 13,942 offences March 2022: 17,099 offences April 2022: 15,530 offences May 2022: 16,927 offences June 2022: 16,121 offences July 2022: 18,062 offences August 2022: 17,344 offences September 2022: 15,402 offences October 2022: 15,754 offences November 2022: 14,682 offences December 2022: 13,139 offences January 2023: 13,935 offences February 2023: 13,285 offences March 2023: 14,896 offences April 2023: 14,558 offences May 2023: 14,700 offences June 2023: 14,510 offences July 2023: 15,044 offences August 2023: 14,639 offences September 2023: 14,138 offences October 2023: 14,824 offences November 2023: 13,292 offences December 2023: 13,110 offences January 2024: 13,148 offences February 2024: 12,722 offences March 2024: 14,092 offences April 2024: 12,875 offences May 2024: 12,872 offences June 2024: 13,020 offences July 2024: 14,471 offences August 2024: 14,125 offences September 2024: 12,226 offences October 2024: 13,646 offences November 2024: 13,016 offences December 2024: 12,190 offences January 2025: 12,144 offences February 2025: 11,274 offences March 2025: 13,341 offences April 2025: 13,200 offences May 2025: 13,743 offences June 2025: 13,859 offences July 2025: 14,922 offences August 2025: 14,109 offences September 2025: 12,800 offences October 2025: 13,299 offences November 2025: 12,920 offences December 2025: 12,606 offences January 2026: 12,297 offences February 2026: 11,784 offences March 2026: 13,982 offences April 2026: 14,073 offences May 2026: 14,803 offences June 2026: 15,417 offences
Monthly recorded offences, all categories except anti-social behaviour Shaded bands: governments (see labels) Hover or use arrow keys to read a value Official figures for this area Published in the official force-area tables. These are the figures to cite; archive-based numbers above are built from street-level records and may differ.
Series Latest A year earlier Published Arrests for notifiable offences Year ending March 2025 · arrests 1,256 — 2026-08-19 Homicides (Homicide Index) Year ending March 2025 · offences 14 13 Year ending March 2025 Offences involving a knife or sharp instrument Year ending March 2026 · offences 1,373 1,499 Year ending March 2026 Police officers (full-time equivalent) Year ending March 2026 · officers (FTE) 3,761 3,760 As at 31 March 2026 Police officers per 100,000 population Year ending March 2026 · officers per 100,000 population 195 — As at 31 March 2026 Criminal damage and arson (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 12,401 12,691 Year ending March 2026 Drug offences (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 7,018 6,007 Year ending March 2026 Possession of weapons (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 1,761 1,564 Year ending March 2026 Public order offences (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 10,735 11,168 Year ending March 2026 Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud) Year ending March 2026 · offences per 1,000 population 74.2 — Year ending March 2026 Robbery (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 1,440 1,300 Year ending March 2026 Sexual offences (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 6,170 5,853 Year ending March 2026 Theft offences (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 41,415 46,123 Year ending March 2026 Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud) Year ending March 2026 · offences 143,105 144,427 Year ending March 2026 Violence against the person (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 58,849 56,364 Year ending March 2026
Homicides by police force area: Year ending March 2015 to Year ending March 2025 Coalition Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Labour 0 20 40 60 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 Year ending March 2015: 10 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2016: 27 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2017: 12 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2018: 24 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2019: 16 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2020: 60 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2021: 17 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2022: 27 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2023: 15 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2024: 13 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2025: 14 offences · published 5 February 2026
Shaded bands: governments (see labels) Hover or use arrow keys to read a value Offences involving a knife or sharp instrument by police force area: Year ending March 2011 to Year ending March 2026 Coalition Coalition Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Labour Labour 0 500 1k 2k 2015 2020 2025 Year ending March 2011: 828 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2012: 531 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2013: 720 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2014: 818 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2015: 997 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2016: 1,223 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2017: 1,554 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2018: 1,040 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2019: 1,164 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2020: 1,794 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2021: 1,510 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2022: 1,516 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2023: 1,653 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2024: 1,513 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2025: 1,499 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2026: 1,373 offences · published 23 July 2026
Shaded bands: governments (see labels) Hover or use arrow keys to read a value Police officers by police force area: Year ending March 2007 to Year ending March 2026 Labour Labour Coalition Coalition Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Labour Labour 0 1k 2k 3k 2010 2015 2020 2025 Year ending March 2007: 3,341 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2008: 3,385 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2009: 3,484 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2010: 3,606 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2011: 3,577 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2012: 3,408 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2013: 3,311 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2014: 3,196 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2015: 3,069 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2016: 2,894 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2017: 2,819 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2018: 2,958 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2019: 3,071 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2020: 3,298 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2021: 3,415 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2022: 3,574 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2023: 3,746 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2024: 3,763 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2025: 3,760 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2026: 3,761 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026
Earlier years are the publisher's own back run, joined where the periods do not overlap. Shaded bands: governments (see labels) Hover or use arrow keys to read a value By category, 12 months to June 2026 Category Offences Previous 12 months Change Per 1,000 England & Wales per 1,000 Violence and sexual offences 66,471 62,510 ▲ 6.3% 34.2 34.7 Anti-social behaviour (not a crime) 17,147 14,351 ▲ 19.5% 8.8 15.3 Shoplifting 14,015 14,111 ▼ 0.7% 7.2 8.3 Criminal damage and arson 12,490 12,683 ▼ 1.5% 6.4 6.9 Public order 10,855 11,074 ▼ 2.0% 5.6 6.8 Other theft 10,748 10,552 ▲ 1.9% 5.5 6.5 Vehicle crime 10,356 11,440 ▼ 9.5% 5.3 5.0 Drugs 6,732 6,067 ▲ 11.0% 3.5 3.4 Burglary 5,342 5,545 ▼ 3.7% 2.7 3.6 Other crime 3,342 3,780 ▼ 11.6% 1.7 2.2 Possession of weapons 1,791 1,595 ▲ 12.3% 0.9 1.0 Robbery 1,512 1,269 ▲ 19.1% 0.8 1.4 Bicycle theft 1,239 1,154 ▲ 7.4% 0.6 0.8 Theft from the person 972 1,104 ▼ 12.0% 0.5 1.7 Public disorder and weapons 0 0 — 0.0 0.0 Violent crime 0 0 — 0.0 0.0
Local authorities in this force area Basildon 18,999 offences 98.2per 1,000 Braintree 9,980 offences 60.0per 1,000 Brentwood 5,912 offences 73.8per 1,000 Castle Point 5,529 offences 61.0per 1,000 Chelmsford 15,347 offences 80.5per 1,000 Colchester 18,570 offences 92.3per 1,000 Epping Forest 10,385 offences 75.0per 1,000 Harlow 10,462 offences 106.2per 1,000 Maldon 3,413 offences 48.6per 1,000 Rochford 4,486 offences 49.4per 1,000 Southend-on-Sea 20,766 offences 112.1per 1,000 Tendring 14,473 offences 91.0per 1,000 Thurrock 17,988 offences 99.0per 1,000 Uttlesford 5,762 offences 59.5per 1,000 Important caveat Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics.
A higher recorded-crime rate does not mean an area is more dangerous. Rates depend on how much crime is reported and recorded, on the number of visitors and commuters who are not counted in the resident population, and on the policing priorities of the force. Anti-social behaviour incidents are shown separately because they are not recorded crimes.
Source Data data.police.uk street-level crime archive (Home Office). Offences are placed at anonymised snap points and assigned to 2021 Lower Layer Super Output Areas, which are mapped to local authorities using the ONS Open Geography lookup.Population ONS mid-year population estimates for England and Wales, mid-2025 edition, local authority level; force populations are the sum of their local authorities. Geography E23000028 Rate offences in the 12 months ÷ resident population × 1,000, rounded to one decimal place. Method Methodology