Crime Rates at Riverside Place, Braintree, CM7 1FQ

Riverside Place area has the 9th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Braintree Central & Beckers Green , and the 83rd highest crime rate of 483 local areas in Braintree .

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 Riverside Place (CM7 1FQ) in the last 12 months was 97.1 per 1,000 residents and was 13.6% 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. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 51.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Riverside Place (CM7 1FQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near School Walk, where police recorded 86 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Market Place (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.