Total Crime Rate
128.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
60.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Clockhouse Way area has the 4th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Braintree Central & Beckers Green , and the 53rd 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 Clockhouse Way (CM7 3RD) in the last 12 months was 128.4 per 1,000 residents and was 14.2% higher 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 60.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Clockhouse Way (CM7 3RD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Howard Close (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Braintree| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bartram Avenue South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cunnington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Beaumont Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bishops Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stuarts Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Howard Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodlands | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Badger Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cunnington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cunnington Road | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | B1018 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cunnington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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