Essex Police — Recorded Crime

Recorded offences, rate per 1,000 and category breakdown for Essex Police. ONS Police Force Area data, OGL v3.

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Rate / 1,000

73.8

National median 74.1 (-0.3)

Total offences

142,392

year ending December 2025

Population

1.87m

force area

Offences by category

Violence against the person58,340 (23.6%)

Theft offences41,522 (16.8%)

Violence without injury26,146 (10.6%)

Stalking and harassment18,417 (7.4%)

Shoplifting13,928 (5.6%)

Violence with injury13,713 (5.5%)

Criminal damage and arson12,484 (5.0%)

Public order offences10,796 (4.4%)

Vehicle offences10,224 (4.1%)

Other theft offences10,018 (4.0%)

Drug offences6,687 (2.7%)

Sexual offences6,129 (2.5%)

Burglary5,220 (2.1%)

Residential burglary3,702 (1.5%)

Miscellaneous crimes3,375 (1.4%)

Possession of weapons offences1,675 (0.7%)

Non-residential burglary1,518 (0.6%)

Robbery1,384 (0.6%)

Bicycle theft1,140 (0.5%)

Theft from the person992 (0.4%)

Death or serious injury - unlawful driving58 (0.0%)

Homicide6 (0.0%)

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Source: ONS — Police Force Area data tables · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0 · year ending December 2025, fetched 2026-07-14. Recorded crime reflects reporting and recording practice as well as underlying crime. BlueLineHub is independent and not affiliated with Essex Police.