Total Crime Rate

25.4 per 1,000 3/10 · 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 25.4 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 8.5 2/10
  • Other theft 5.6 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.6 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.8 1/10
  • Other crime 2.8 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
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

Viking Way area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Brentwood North , and the 57th lowest crime rate of 236 local areas in Brentwood .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Viking Way (CM15 9HY) in the last 12 months was 25.4 per 1,000 residents and was 49.0% lower than the Brentwood North average (49.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 8.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -83.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Viking Way (CM15 9HY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Osborne Road, where police recorded 125 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Elizabeth Road (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Viking Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Osborne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clarence Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Warescot Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bishop'S Hall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Iver Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Viking Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elizabeth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highwood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Osborne Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Osborne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Osborne Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Osborne Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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