Total Crime Rate
273.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
196.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mount Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Bocking Blackwater , and the 7th 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 Mount Road (CM7 3JA) in the last 12 months was 273.2 per 1,000 residents and was 458.3% 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 64 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 74 (≈ 196.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mount Road (CM7 3JA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near School Walk, where police recorded 86 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Avenue (58 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Braintree| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Wickham Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | The Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Clinic Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | School Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | School Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | School Walk | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | School Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | School Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Wickham Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | The Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Clinic Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodfield Road | Under investigation |
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