St George's, Castle Point: Safety
Safety
St George's is a genuinely safe neighbourhood. You'll find around 24 crimes per month here in 2025, compared to nearly 58 across the UK. That's held steady for the past three years.
Anti-social behaviour has dropped sharply — from 37 incidents in 2024 down to 17 in 2025. That's well below the UK average of 109. Vehicle crime is down too, falling from 32 incidents to 25 over the same period.
Compared to neighbouring Pitsea South East, St George's has significantly less crime overall. It's a quieter neighbourhood, and things are getting better.
Source: police-recorded crime for St George's ward (Essex Police, data.police.uk), Jan 2024–Aug 2026; residents from Census 2021. This summary may predate the latest data release; the table below has the current figures.
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Crime rate comparison
Crimes per 1,000 residents, Jan–Dec 2025. St George's ward: Essex Police data via data.police.uk; residents from Census 2021. Averages are for all wards in the area over the same months. Planna's safety index uses the latest 12 months instead, so it can differ.
2024
2025
Jan–Aug 2026
St George's ward
Crimes/1,000 residents
43.7
Lower than
UK average (England, Wales & N. Ireland)
98.8
Lower than
East of England region average
81.9
Neighbouring wards
Lower than
Pitsea South East
176
Similar to
Thundersley North
42.8
Lower than
Tarpots
49.1
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Types of Crime
Share of police-recorded crimes in St George's ward and the East of England region average, Jan–Dec 2025.
This ward
Regional average
- Violent offences41%38%
- Criminal damage and arson11%8%
- Vehicle crime9%5%
- Shoplifting7%8%
- Public order7%6%
- Burglary7%3%
- Anti-social behaviour6%14%
- Drugs4%3%
- Other theft3%7%
- Other crime2%2%
- Robbery2%1%
- Bicycle theft1%1%
- Possession of weapons1%1%
- Theft from the person<1%1%
