Crime Rate in Witham West, ward

Witham West has the 6th highest crime rate of 26 wards in Braintree district and the 3265th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 312th highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Witham West in the last 12 months was 71.5 per 1,000 residents and was 10.7% higher than the Braintree district average (64.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Witham West’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 207 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 233 (≈ 34.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Witham West ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 89 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Bentley Road (24 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.