Total Crime Rate
968.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
373.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Brentwood North , and the 2nd 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 High Street (CM14 4RG) in the last 12 months was 968.3 per 1,000 residents and was 1533.9% higher than the Brentwood North average (59.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 66 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 94 (≈ 373.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (CM14 4RG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near William Hunter Way, where police recorded 129 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Moores Place (45 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 | Moores Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Queen'S Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bank Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bank Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | New Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Queen'S Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Library Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Alfred Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eastfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Thomas Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cathedral Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moores Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Moores Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ongar Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ongar Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Moores Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Moores Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sawyer'S Hall Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sawyer'S Hall Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | New Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sawyer'S Hall Lane | Under investigation |
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