Total Crime Rate

75.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 75.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.7 7/10
  • Burglary 28.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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
  • Public order 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bulrush Close area has the 14th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Braintree Central & Beckers Green , and the 124th highest crime rate of 481 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 Bulrush Close (CM7 1WA) in the last 12 months was 75.5 per 1,000 residents and was 35.5% 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 37.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bulrush Close (CM7 1WA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Braintree Freeport, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Century Drive (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bulrush Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chapel Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Braintree Freeport Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Century Drive Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Century Drive Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Century Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Megs Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Century Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Century Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Saxon Bank Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Chapel Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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