Total Crime Rate
30.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wainwright Avenue area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 59 local areas in Hutton East , and the 76th lowest crime rate of 237 local areas in Brentwood .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wainwright Avenue (CM13 2SX) in the last 12 months was 30.3 per 1,000 residents and was 15.0% lower 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 23.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wainwright Avenue (CM13 2SX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Quennell Way (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Brentwood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Alpha Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knights Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brookfield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brookfield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brookfield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Brookfield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rosen Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brookfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rayleigh Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Fielding Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hatfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wainwright Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rayleigh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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