Total Crime Rate

30.4 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

27.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

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 30.4 3/10
  • Violent crimes 27.0 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.7 5/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Public order 3.4 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Park Drive area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 32 local areas in Braintree Central & Beckers Green , and the 174th lowest crime rate of 483 local areas in Braintree .

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 Park Drive (CM7 1AW) in the last 12 months was 30.4 per 1,000 residents and was 73.0% lower than the Braintree Central & Beckers Green average (112.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 27.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Park Drive (CM7 1AW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Challis Lane, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Marlowe Close (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Park Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Penn Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Marlowe Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Haskell Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Challis Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kipling Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nineacres Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beadon Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Scott Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Scott Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Browning Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thackeray Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Russet Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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