Crime Rates at Wheatsheaf Road, Braintree, CM7 1GF

Wheatsheaf Road area has the highest crime rate of 87 local areas in Bocking Blackwater , and the highest crime rate of 481 local areas in Braintree .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wheatsheaf Road (CM7 1GF) in the last 12 months was 638.5 per 1,000 residents and was 1224.7% higher than the Bocking Blackwater average (48.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 82 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -68.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 117 (≈ 274.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wheatsheaf Road (CM7 1GF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near High Street (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.