Crime Rate in Halstead St Andrew's, ward

Halstead St Andrew's has the 4th highest crime rate of 26 wards in Braintree district and the 2563rd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 229th highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Halstead St Andrew's in the last 12 months was 82.4 per 1,000 residents and was 27.6% higher than the Braintree district average (64.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Halstead St Andrew's’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 218 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 90.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -14.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 264 (≈ 35.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Halstead St Andrew's ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 79 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Reynolds Drive (14 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.