Total Crime Rate
131.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
68.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brick Kiln Way area has the 13th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Bocking Blackwater , and the 50th highest crime rate of 483 local areas in Braintree .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Brick Kiln Way (CM7 3FP) in the last 12 months was 131.2 per 1,000 residents and was 168.0% higher than the Bocking Blackwater average (48.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -45.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 68.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -44.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brick Kiln Way (CM7 3FP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tanners Meadow, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Barn Mead (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Braintree| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Moors Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | De-Marci Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | De-Marci Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | De-Marci Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | De-Marci Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barn Mead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barn Mead | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Plains Field | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Blackbread Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Feather Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Feather Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tanners Meadow | — |
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