Total Crime Rate
71.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Keeble Way area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 87 local areas in Bocking Blackwater , and the 137th 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 Keeble Way (CM7 3JY) in the last 12 months was 71.4 per 1,000 residents and was 48.2% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 55.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 54.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Keeble Way (CM7 3JY), the main crime hotspot is near Conference/Exhibition Centre. Police recorded 27 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bocking Blackwater| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Approach | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carier Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Eastern Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Eastern Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Groomside | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Railway Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Manor Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Action to be taken by another organisation |
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