Total Crime Rate

88.2 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 88.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.9 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.1 6/10
  • Other crime 13.1 10/10
  • Public order 6.5 5/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Knights Way area has the 7th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Brentwood South , and the 49th highest crime rate of 236 local areas in Brentwood .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Knights Way (CM13 2AZ) in the last 12 months was 88.2 per 1,000 residents and was 43.6% lower than the Brentwood South average (156.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 29.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Knights Way (CM13 2AZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Vernon Crescent, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oaktree Close (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Knights Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Maple Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawthorn Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Beech Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Grangewood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Broad Walk (North) Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Broad Walk (North) Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Broadwalk (South) —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Broadwalk (South) —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Plashet Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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