Total Crime Rate
968.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
373.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026William Hunter Way 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 William Hunter Way (CM14 4WT) 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 William Hunter Way (CM14 4WT), 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | William Hunter Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Queen'S Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Library Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellesley Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ongar Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Waterloo Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterloo Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ongar Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | William Hunter Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | William Hunter Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | William Hunter Way | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cathedral Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bank Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bank Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crown Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Crown Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A1023 | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Queen'S Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Alfred Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moores Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coptfold Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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