Total Crime Rate
276.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
179.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Shenfield Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Brentwood North , and the 9th highest crime rate of 237 local areas in Brentwood .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Shenfield Road (CM15 8AG) in the last 12 months was 276.9 per 1,000 residents and was 367.3% 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 179.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Shenfield Road (CM15 8AG), the main crime hotspot is near Moores Place. Police recorded 84 crimes here, including 45 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Brentwood| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Alfred Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Moores Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sawyer'S Hall Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sawyer'S Hall Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sawyer'S Hall Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ongar Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ongar Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cathedral Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Thomas Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moores Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moores Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Moores Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Moores Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Sawyers Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eastfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Merrymeade Chase | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sawyers Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A1023 | Formal action is not in the public interest |
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