Total Crime Rate
116.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
24.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Arnolds Avenue area has the 7th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Hutton East , and the 41st highest crime rate of 237 local areas in Brentwood .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Arnolds Avenue (CM13 1HA) in the last 12 months was 116.9 per 1,000 residents and was 228.0% higher than the Hutton East average (35.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 24.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 185.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Arnolds Avenue (CM13 1HA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wilkes Road (10 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 | Whittington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wilkes Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Whittington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Whittington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pine Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Colet Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hawksmoor Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colet Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wilkes Road | Local resolution |
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