Total Crime Rate
638.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Augustus Mews 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 Augustus Mews (CM7 1GZ) 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 Augustus Mews (CM7 1GZ), 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.
View Crime In Bocking Blackwater| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Great Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Great Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Bank Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cecily Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bank Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bank Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bank Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Great Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Square | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rue De Jeunes | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Godlings Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rue De Jeunes | Under investigation |
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