Photo: Robert Edwards · CC BY-SA 2.0No grade for Nevendon, but its recorded crime is here
Violence recorded locally dropped 19% in a year. On crimes police recorded inside Nevendon’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026, it has no Safety Grade. Safety Grades start at 1,000 residents, and Nevendon has fewer: in a place this small, a few incidents move the rate a long way. For every 1,000 residents, 98.6 violent and sexual offences and 54.4 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage were logged a year.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Nevendon
Violent crime fell over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 19% less violent crime per resident in Nevendon than in the year before; across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people violent crime held steady. Trend ↓
Neighbourhood ranks
100% of Nevendon’s residents live in a neighbourhood ranked in the highest-crime 20% of England (Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain), and 0% in the lowest-crime 30%. Neighbourhood ranks ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Nevendon runs highest on other theft (44.9 per 1,000 against 2.5), vehicle crime (20.4 per 1,000 against 1.5) and criminal damage & arson (34.7 per 1,000 against 3.2).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 36 | 73.5 | 16.6 |
| Other theft | not graded | 22 | 44.9 | 2.5 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 17 | 34.7 | 3.2 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 10 | 20.4 | 1.5 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 10 | 20.4 | 5.3 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 7 | 14.3 | 0 |
| Drugs | not graded | 6 | 12.2 | 0.6 |
| Public order | not graded | 3 | 6.1 | 2.4 |
| Other crime | not graded | 3 | 6.1 | 1.1 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 0 | 0 | 1.6 |
| Robbery | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people.
How crime in Nevendon has moved
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling twelve-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year (longer windows for smaller places, where a few crimes swing a month). In the 12 months to August 2026 against the 12 before: violent -19% (towns its size +3%).
Crime in Nevendon per 1,000 residents
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 55 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 47 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Crime in the places around Nevendon
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nevendon | 490 | 98.6 | 54.4 | — |
| Wickford | 27,533 | 19.8 | 13 | B− |
| North Benfleet | 1,765 | 30 | 18.5 | C− |
| Runwell | 8,086 | 36.4 | 20 | C− |
| Crays Hill | 1,218 | 23.3 | 17 | C+ |
| Thundersley and South Benfleet | 49,886 | 20.9 | 10.6 | B− |
| Basildon | 115,935 | 54.2 | 24.2 | D− |
| Rayleigh | 32,383 | 23.4 | 9.8 | B− |
Nevendon records more graded crime per resident than every neighbour in the table. Wickford, 1 miles away, records 19.8 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Nevendon’s 98.6.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
- Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where Nevendon sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
- Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in Nevendon
Is Nevendon safe?
Police recorded 98.6 violent and sexual offences and 54.4 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Nevendon’s built-up area).
Is crime going up in Nevendon?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime fell 19%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage rose 42%, shoplifting and theft rose 77% and anti-social behaviour rose 11%. Across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Nevendon?
Violence & sexual offences: 36 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came other theft (22) and criminal damage & arson (17), with 10 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Nevendon compare with Basildon?
Basildon records 54.2 violent and sexual offences and 24.2 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Nevendon’s 98.6 and 54.4, over the same three years.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain by LSOA (residents from ONS Census 2021) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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