Crime Rate in Witham South, ward

Witham South has the 9th highest crime rate of 26 wards in Braintree district and the 2993rd lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 467th lowest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Witham South in the last 12 months was 54.5 per 1,000 residents and was 15.6% lower than the Braintree district average (64.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Witham South’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 203 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 231 (≈ 33.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Witham South ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Hatfield Road, with 22 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Mortimer Way (10 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.