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Car crime in Thurrock

Thurrock (unitary authority) averaged 1,837 police-recorded vehicle offences a year in 2024/25 and 2025/26, against 82,913 privately kept licensed cars: a rate of 22.2 per 1,000 cars, 1.84× the England and Wales rate of 12.1. It ranks 37 of 316 local authorities (1 is highest).

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Data to 2026-03-31 · Page updated 2026-09-28 · Publisher: 73 Auto

Offences per 1,000 cars
22.2
1,837 offences a year, 2024/25 and 2025/26
vs England & Wales
1.84×
national rate 12.1
Rank
37 of 316
4 of 62 english unitary authorities

How Thurrock compares

Official data. Thurrock's rate is 183% above the median local authority (7.8), which puts it in the highest quarter of the 316 areas.

Among the 62 english unitary authorities, it is 180% above the middle one (7.9) and ranks 4: in the highest tenth of its type.

Thurrock vehicle crime rate compared with national and same-type figures
ComparisonPer 1,000 carsThurrock vs it
Thurrock22.2—
England and Wales (all offences ÷ all cars)12.11.84×
Median of 316 areas7.82.83×
All english unitary authorities pooled8.72.53×
Median of english unitary authorities7.92.80×

Areas ranked either side

Local authorities ranked immediately above and below Thurrock
RankAreaTypePer 1,000 cars
34Coventrymetropolitan district22.6
35Sloughunitary authority22.6
36Middlesbroughunitary authority22.2
37Thurrockunitary authority22.2
38BexleyLondon borough22.0
39Lutonunitary authority21.4
40CardiffWelsh unitary authority21.3

How the 73 Auto insurance estimate treats Thurrock

73 Auto estimate, not a quote. Thurrock's vehicle-crime index is 1.84 (its rate ÷ the national rate). That is inside the range the model uses unchanged. The collision part of the premium is multiplied by 1.77 (index^0.94) and the theft part by 1.84 (index^1).

Against the UK-average area (index 0.92), that makes the estimate for the reference driver (age 48, clean record, group 20 car) about 72% higher. The estimate uses your postcode district's index, listed below, not the authority figure directly. The area weighting was fitted to 7 published area premiums (leave-one-out error 13% against 19% with no area effect). See how 73 Auto estimates insurance.

Postcode districts mapped to Thurrock

Districts where most privately kept cars are in Thurrock. A district's index is the car-weighted average of the authorities it covers; all of these lie within Thurrock, so they share its index. The last column is the 73 Auto estimate relativity for the reference driver.

Postcode districts whose cars are mostly in Thurrock, with their vehicle-crime index
DistrictCarsIndexEstimate vs UK-average area
RM1515,0271.841.72×
RM1621,5491.841.72×
RM1712,4711.841.72×
RM188,0921.841.72×
RM193,1181.841.72×
RM203,4091.841.72×
SS1718,2901.831.72×

Limitations

Police-recorded crime only: unreported offences are missing, and recording practice varies between forces.

The rate is per car registered to a keeper in Thurrock, not per car on its streets. Where many commuters or visitors park, offences against their cars count here while the cars count elsewhere, which pushes the rate up.

Offences a police force did not assign to an area are shared across its areas by car numbers. Scotland and Northern Ireland are not covered.

Estimate insurance for a car kept in Thurrock

Enter a UK registration, then add your postcode to see how your district's vehicle-crime index moves that car's insurance estimate. Your first check is free and shows the vehicle summary and its headline ownership cost. The category-by-category breakdown is part of a paid check.

UK number plate or 17-character VIN

Where these figures come from

Figures labelled as 73 Auto estimates are our own analysis of these sources, set out in the methodology and data sources. To report a factual error, see corrections.