Total Crime Rate
45.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
30.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Long Ridings Avenue area has the 21st highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Hutton East , and the 114th highest crime rate of 237 local areas in Brentwood .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Long Ridings Avenue (CM13 1DZ) in the last 12 months was 45.7 per 1,000 residents and was 28.3% higher than the Hutton East average (35.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 30.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Long Ridings Avenue (CM13 1DZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Alexander Lane, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oakland Gardens (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Brentwood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shenfield Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Long Ridings Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shenfield Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Alexander Lane | Under investigation |
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