Businesses are a vital part of our communities.
By providing goods and services, offering employment and generating
wealth they add life and vibrancy to our local communities.
Ensuring businesses are free to operate in a safe and secure environment is a key element in building success and wellbeing for everybody. To help achieve this Roger Hirst, the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner, would like your view on business crime in Essex.
Business Crime in Essex
*with the remainder being a variety of offences including fraud, damage and other theft offences
(which, together with shoplifting, make up approximately 80% of all commercial crime).
Have your say
The survey will only take 5-10 minutes to complete and the answers you provide will help develop a new business crime strategy for Essex which will shape our response to tackling Business Crime.
Essex Police has had a business crime strategy since 2013 and was one of the first forces in the country to adopt the NPCC definition of business crime: