Total Crime Rate

86.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 86.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.7 8/10
  • Public order 13.7 8/10
  • Burglary 9.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.6 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.6 4/10
  • Drugs 4.6 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.6 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Plains Field area has the 27th highest crime rate of 87 local areas in Bocking Blackwater , and the 100th highest crime rate of 481 local areas in Braintree .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Plains Field (CM7 3PT) in the last 12 months was 86.8 per 1,000 residents and was 80.0% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 59.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 85.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Plains Field (CM7 3PT), the main crime hotspot is near Barn Mead. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Plains Field area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Templar Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barn Mead Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plains Field Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Plains Field Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Thames Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Plains Field
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barn Mead Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barn Mead Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Thames Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Thames Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Thames Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barn Mead Under investigation

Data Sources

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