Total Crime Rate

276.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

179.5 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 276.9 10/10
  • Violent crimes 179.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 123.1 10/10
  • Drugs 41.0 10/10
  • Public order 35.9 10/10
  • Robbery 20.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.4 9/10
  • Theft from the person 10.3 9/10
  • Other crime 5.1 7/10
  • Shoplifting 5.1 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.1 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
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 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 Ongar Road (CM15 9GL) 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 Ongar Road (CM15 9GL), 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

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting New Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Moores Place Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Moores Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Moores Place Local resolution
Apr 2026Robbery Moores Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Moores Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wellesley Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting New Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Alfred Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Waterloo Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Waterloo Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting William Hunter Way Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting William Hunter Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting William Hunter Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting William Hunter Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs St Thomas Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Burglary Cathedral Place Under investigation
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
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Sawyers Grove Under investigation

Data Sources

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