Total Crime Rate

102.9 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 102.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.0 8/10
  • Drugs 17.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.7 3/10
  • Burglary 5.7 6/10
  • Other crime 5.7 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.7 8/10
  • Public order 5.7 5/10
  • Robbery 5.7 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Riverside Place area has the 6th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Braintree Central & Beckers Green , and the 72nd highest crime rate of 481 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 102.9 per 1,000 residents and was 12.0% lower than the Braintree Central & Beckers Green average (116.9 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 Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 57.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Riverside Place (CM7 1FQ), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 76 crimes here, including 44 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Braintree Central & Beckers Green

Crime Over Time in Riverside Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Great Eastern Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Perryfields Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Fairfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Stone Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stone Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hillside Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hillside Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Perryfields Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Great Eastern Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Groomside Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Ridgeway Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Ridgeway Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order The Ridgeway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fairfield Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Market Place Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Market Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Approach Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences School Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour School Walk
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Action to be taken by another organisation

Data Sources

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