Crime Rates at Plains Field, Braintree, CM7 3PT

Plains Field area has the 17th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Bocking Blackwater , and the 68th highest crime rate of 483 local areas in Braintree .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Plains Field (CM7 3PT) in the last 12 months was 105.0 per 1,000 residents and was 114.6% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 73.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Plains Field (CM7 3PT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tanners Meadow, where police recorded 21 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.