Total Crime Rate
7.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Ingatestone, Fryerning & Mountnessing , and the 10th lowest 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 High Street (CM4 9EZ) in the last 12 months was 7.1 per 1,000 residents and was 84.5% 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 Burglary with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (CM4 9EZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mellor Close, where police recorded 7 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Station Lane (2 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Exley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mellor Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Exley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | The Furlongs | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Norton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Mellor Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Mellor Close | Awaiting court outcome |
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