Crime Rates at Marks Gardens, Braintree, CM7 3NU

Marks Gardens area has the 14th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Bocking Blackwater , and the 52nd highest crime rate of 483 local areas in Braintree .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Marks Gardens (CM7 3NU) in the last 12 months was 128.7 per 1,000 residents and was 162.9% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -28.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 52.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Marks Gardens (CM7 3NU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wheatley Avenue (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.