Total Crime Rate
72.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Crown Street area has the 26th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Brentwood North , and the 71st highest crime rate of 236 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 Crown Street (CM14 4FE) in the last 12 months was 72.1 per 1,000 residents and was 45.1% higher than the Brentwood North average (49.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 120.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 62.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 116.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Crown Street (CM14 4FE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 138 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Moores Place (44 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Brentwood North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Fairfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | William Hunter Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | New Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | William Hunter Way | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | William Hunter Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | William Hunter Way | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | William Hunter Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | William Hunter Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | William Hunter Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | William Hunter Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | North Road Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Moores Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Thomas Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Thomas Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St Thomas Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Moores Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Moores Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Moores Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Moores Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Moores Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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