Crime Rates at Dunstable Drive, Braintree, CM7 3LT

Dunstable Drive area has the 42nd lowest crime rate of 89 local areas in Bocking Blackwater , and the 221st highest crime rate of 483 local areas in Braintree .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dunstable Drive (CM7 3LT) in the last 12 months was 46.3 per 1,000 residents and was 5.4% lower 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 18.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dunstable Drive (CM7 3LT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rustic Close, where police recorded 17 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.