Total Crime Rate
42.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
38.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fryerning Lane area has the 9th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Ingatestone, Fryerning & Mountnessing , and the 111th lowest crime rate of 237 local areas in Brentwood .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Fryerning Lane (CM4 0DD) in the last 12 months was 42.8 per 1,000 residents and was 7.0% lower than the Ingatestone, Fryerning & Mountnessing average (46.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 11.1% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 38.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -83.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fryerning Lane (CM4 0DD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near High Street, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bakers Mews (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ingatestone, Fryerning & Mountnessing| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | B1002 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Norton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bell Mead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Star Lane | — |
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