Crime in Canvey Island
Recorded crime in Canvey Island is 1.1 times the Castle Point average and 0.9 times the England and Wales average. Over 5 years it has fallen 17%. Most of the harm comes from violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences). Police data to August 2026.
Within 1.5 km of the centre of Canvey Island: about 28,646 residents in 25 neighbourhoods.
- Safety in the UK
- 5/10Average crime
- Living
- 6.4/10Fair
- 5-year change
- −17%fewer crimes
- vs the council
- 1.1×the Castle Point average
Neighbourhoods by Safety
Within 1.5 km of the centre of Canvey Island.
Crime over 5 years
Down 17% in 5 years Recorded crimes within 1.5 km of Canvey Island, anti-social behaviour left out.
What is recorded
Crime severity: 1.1× the Castle Point average (0.9× the England and Wales average). 65 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
- Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences): 71% of the harm here
- Burglary: 10% of the harm here
- Robbery: 5% of the harm here
"Violence and sexual offences" is 71% of the harm here. It is a broad police category: most of these crimes are assaults without injury, harassment and threats, often indoors between people who know each other, and only a small part are sexual or serious violent offences. Police data does not say which, so each one is weighted at the England and Wales average for the category, which can overstate a quiet residential area.
Anti-social behaviour: 18 incidents per 1,000 residents a year, not scored. Not a crime, so it is not part of the Safety score.
Crimes recorded in Castle Point (the whole council area)
April 2025 to March 2026, for the whole Castle Point council area, not only Canvey Island. Source: Home Office, police recorded crime by community safety partnership.
| Type | Crimes in 2025/26 | Per 1,000 residents | Change on 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars stolen | 132 | 1.5 | Down 36% |
| Cars broken into | 62 | 0.68 | Down 46% |
| Vandalism (homes, other buildings and vehicles) | 317 | 3.5 | Up 4% |
| Burglary of homes | 120 | 1.3 | Up 21% |
| Homicide (murder and manslaughter) | 0 | - | - |
Under 10 a year: no rate or change, the numbers are too small to compare.
How often crimes lead to a charge in SS8
In SS8, the postcode district at the centre of Canvey Island, 8% of crimes reported between September 2024 and August 2025 led to someone being charged or summonsed (England and Wales: 9%).
- Charged or summonsed
- Caution or other action
- Suspect found, not prosecuted
- No suspect identified
- Still open
Show as a table
| Type | Crimes | Charged or summonsed | Caution or other action | Suspect found, not prosecuted | No suspect identified | Still open |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences) | 1,184 | 6% | 9% | 69% | 13% | 3% |
| Criminal damage and arson (vandalism) | 293 | 3% | 5% | 27% | 65% | 1% |
| Shoplifting | 231 | 13% | 5% | 18% | 64% | 1% |
| Public order | 182 | 8% | 6% | 53% | 32% | 1% |
| Other theft | 155 | 4% | 4% | 29% | 61% | 2% |
| Vehicle crime (cars stolen and broken into) | 118 | 4% | 1% | 16% | 76% | 3% |
| Burglary | 74 | 16% | 1% | 22% | 59% | 1% |
| Drugs | 68 | 24% | 31% | 10% | 35% | 0% |
| Other crime | 62 | 19% | 6% | 56% | 11% | 6% |
Uses the latest outcome police have recorded so far. 2% of these crimes are still open, so the final figures may be a little higher.
Road collisions
Castle Point, 2023 to 2025: 97 road collisions a year with someone hurt, 24 of them with someone killed or seriously injured. 4 collisions were fatal in those 3 years.
1.1 a year per 1,000 residents (Great Britain 1.5). 25% of them killed or seriously injured someone (Great Britain 26%).
Collisions on public roads that the police recorded where someone was hurt, counted where they happened, so busy through roads and town centres with few residents come out high. Serious and slight use the Department for Transport's adjusted severity, comparable between police forces. Source: Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Crime by type
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents per year, most serious first, not counting anti-social behaviour.
| Type | Per 1,000 a year |
|---|---|
| Robbery | 0.7 |
| Burglary | 2.9 |
| Violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences) | 31.9 |
| Drugs | 2.2 |
| Possession of weapons (knives and other weapons) | 0.6 |
| Other crime | 1.7 |
| Other theft | 3.8 |
| Theft from the person (pickpocketing, bag snatching) | 0.3 |
| Vehicle crime (cars stolen and broken into) | 3.6 |
| Criminal damage and arson (vandalism) | 7.9 |
| Public order | 6.3 |
| Bicycle theft | 0.7 |
| Shoplifting | 2.9 |
Postcode districts in Canvey Island
Nearby towns
Council: Castle Point
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Questions about crime in Canvey Island
- Is Canvey Island a safe place to live?
- Canvey Island scores 5 out of 10 for safety (average crime), compared with every neighbourhood in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Crime severity is 1.1 times the Castle Point average.
- Is crime going up or down in Canvey Island?
- Down 17% over 5 years, from 2,123 recorded crimes a year to 1,752.
- What is the most common crime in Canvey Island?
- The most common recorded crime is violence and sexual offences (assaults, harassment, sexual offences), about 32 per 1,000 residents a year.
- How does crime in Canvey Island compare with Castle Point?
- Crime severity in Canvey Island is 1.1 times the Castle Point average.
- How often does crime lead to a charge in Canvey Island?
- In SS8, the postcode district at the centre of Canvey Island, 8% of crimes reported between September 2024 and August 2025 led to someone being charged or summonsed (England and Wales: 9%). 34% were closed without a suspect being identified.
- How many burglaries are solved in Canvey Island?
- Of 74 burglaries reported in SS8, the postcode district at the centre of Canvey Island between September 2024 and August 2025, 16% led to someone being charged or summonsed and 59% were closed with no suspect identified.
- How many cars are stolen in Canvey Island?
- In Castle Point, the council area Canvey Island is in, the police recorded 132 cars stolen in 2025/26 (April 2025 to March 2026), 1.5 per 1,000 residents, down 36% on the year before.
- Is vandalism common in Canvey Island?
- 317 acts of vandalism to homes, other buildings and vehicles were recorded in 2025/26, in Castle Point, the council area Canvey Island is in, 3.5 per 1,000 residents, 0.7 times the England and Wales average.
- How many murders were there in Canvey Island last year?
- No homicides (murder or manslaughter) were recorded in 2025/26, in Castle Point, the council area Canvey Island is in, against 0 the year before.