Total Crime Rate
17.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
8.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sunnyside area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Bocking North , and the 81st lowest crime rate of 483 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 Sunnyside (CM7 2RR) in the last 12 months was 17.9 per 1,000 residents and was 71.1% lower than the Bocking North average (61.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Public order with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 8.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -85.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sunnyside (CM7 2RR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Peel Crescent (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Braintree| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Weavers Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Millam Way | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Peel Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nottage Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | College Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Weavers Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spalding Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Weavers Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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