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Five charged with south Essex Class A conspiracy
11:30 18/10/2026We've charged five men after early morning warrants across south Essex.
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Southend: Charges secured following imitation firearm incident
16:53 09/10/2026Officers responding to reports of a man with what appeared to be a handgun in Southend detained a suspect within minutes and recovered an imitation firearm.
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Southend: Man jailed for 13 years after targeting young girl
15:05 06/10/2026A man has been jailed for more than 13 years after detectives identified and arrested him following offences against a 11-year-old girl in Leigh.
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New Essex Police Rural Independent Advisory Group gives farmers and rural communities a stronger voice in policing
17:00 05/10/2026First meeting of Essex Police’s Rural Independent Advisory Group set up to give farmers, landowners and rural businesses a stronger voice in policing
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Southend: Marine Unit helps to tackle illegal shellfish harvesting – 22kgs seized
15:00 28/09/2026Our Marine Unit visited Chalkwell beach alongside Southend City Council and Kent & Essex Inshore Fisheries Conservation Authority to tackle illegal shellfish harvesting
Crimes
About this crime map
This map uses data from local forces. The hotspots give only a loose idea of where crimes happened. Actual locations and details of crimes are kept anonymous.
Please note that not all crimes that occurred can be shown on the map.
249 incidents of Crime occurred in Essex Police could not be mapped to a location and therefore are not on this map. Learn more about how data is managed on police.uk.
Location anonymisation is accurate to 2022 population and housing developments.
Known issues with forces' data are set out in the changelog on data.police.uk.