Total Crime Rate

1015.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

90.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 1015.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 637.7 10/10
  • Violent crimes 90.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 67.9 9/10
  • Drugs 64.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 49.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 45.3 10/10
  • Other theft 37.7 10/10
  • Other crime 30.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.6 9/10
  • Theft from the person 18.9 9/10
  • Burglary 15.1 10/10
  • Public order 15.1 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.8 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Robbery 3.8 5/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Ongar Road area has the highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Brentwood North , and the 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 Ongar Road (CM15 9AX) in the last 12 months was 1015.1 per 1,000 residents and was 1612.9% higher than the Brentwood North average (59.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 169 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 90.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ongar Road (CM15 9AX), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Ongar Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/44)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Moores Place Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs St Thomas Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Waterloo Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Waterloo Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Ongar Place Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ongar Place Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bank Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Bank Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Apr 2026Public order Alfred Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sawyer'S Hall Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wellesley Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Cathedral Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Moores Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Local resolution
Apr 2026Robbery Moores Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Coptfold Road —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Sawyer'S Hall Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Moores Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sawyer'S Hall Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting New Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Merrymeade Chase —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sawyers Grove Under investigation
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Data Sources

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