Total Crime Rate

6.6 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 6.6 1/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.3 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Priests Lane area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Hutton East , and the 10th lowest crime rate of 236 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 Priests Lane (CM15 8HJ) in the last 12 months was 6.6 per 1,000 residents and was 85.3% lower than the Hutton East average (44.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Priests Lane (CM15 8HJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gordon Road, where police recorded 6 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Priest'S Lane (1 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Priests Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
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Data Sources

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