Crime Rate in Silver End & Cressing, ward

Silver End & Cressing has the 5th highest crime rate of 26 wards in Braintree district and the 2952nd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 282nd highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Silver End & Cressing in the last 12 months was 76.3 per 1,000 residents and was 18.1% higher than the Braintree district average (64.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Silver End & Cressing’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 243 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 85.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 303 (≈ 41.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Silver End & Cressing ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 33 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Witham Road (21 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.