Total Crime Rate

20.6 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

10.3 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 20.6 2/10
  • Violent crimes 10.3 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 10.3 3/10
  • Drugs 6.9 7/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cressing Road area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 32 local areas in Braintree Central & Beckers Green , and the 105th lowest crime rate of 483 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 Cressing Road (CM7 3PP) in the last 12 months was 20.6 per 1,000 residents and was 81.7% lower than the Braintree Central & Beckers Green average (112.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 10.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cressing Road (CM7 3PP), the main crime hotspot is near Trotters Field. Police recorded 36 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cressing Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (17/17)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woodlands Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Lakes Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Howard Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Other theft Ushers Meadow Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Ushers Meadow Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ushers Meadow Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Essex Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Lakes Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Trotters Field Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Trotters Field Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Trotters Field Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Beaumont Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bishops Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stuarts Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Badger Grove Under investigation
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Data Sources

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