Crime Statistics for Runwell, Basildon, Essex, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Runwell in October 2024. There were a total of 160 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Burglary.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Runwell, 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	57
Burglary	19
Vehicle Crime	19
Anti Social Behaviour	18
Criminal Damage Arson	15
Public Order	9
Drugs	8
Shoplifting	7
Other Theft	4
Other Crime	1
Possession Of Weapons	1
Bicycle Theft	1
Robbery	1
All Crime	160

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Runwell. 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 Runwell

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Runwell	157
Shotgate (1.75 miles)	101
Rawreth Shot (1.96 miles)	72
Battlesbridge (1.86 miles)	56
Crouch (1.34 miles)	15
Downham (1.39 miles)	13
Ramsden Heath (1.96 miles)	11
Brock Hill (1.39 miles)	10
Ramsden Bellhouse (1.86 miles)	4
South Hanningfield (1.86 miles)	3

Where are the most violent places near Runwell?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Runwell	57
Battlesbridge	44
Rawreth Shot	40
Shotgate	26
Downham	6
Ramsden Heath	4
Brock Hill	1
Crouch	0
Ramsden Bellhouse	0
South Hanningfield	0

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

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 Runwell 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 Runwell compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Pitsea South East	94
2	Pitsea North West	84
3	Fryerns	76
4	Crouch	65
5	Rettendon and Runwell	62
6	South Hanningfield, Stock and Margaretting	61
7	Wickford Castledon	55
8	Wickford Park	44
9	Burstead	40
10	Wickford North	38
11	Downhall and Rawreth	17

Which road in Runwell has the highest level of crime?

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