Total Crime Rate

112.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 112.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.5 8/10
  • Public order 19.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.6 6/10
  • Other theft 11.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.7 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Sarahs Walk area has the 11th highest crime rate of 91 local areas in Broad Oak & the Hallingburys , and the 20th highest crime rate of 263 local areas in Uttlesford .

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 Sarahs Walk (CM22 6TB) in the last 12 months was 112.0 per 1,000 residents and was 26.6% higher than the Broad Oak & the Hallingburys average (88.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 61.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sarahs Walk (CM22 6TB), the main crime hotspot is near Sycamore Close. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Sarahs Walk area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Chestnut Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sycamore Close
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Dunmow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Elm Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hawthorn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawthorn Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawthorn Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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