Total Crime Rate

128.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

60.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 128.4 8/10
  • Violent crimes 60.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.9 8/10
  • Shoplifting 16.4 6/10
  • Other theft 13.7 9/10
  • Drugs 10.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.2 6/10
  • Public order 8.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.5 3/10
  • Other crime 5.5 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.5 5/10
  • Burglary 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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 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 Cressing Road (CM7 3SA) 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 Cressing Road (CM7 3SA), 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

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Bartram Avenue South Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Howard Close 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
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cunnington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woodlands Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cunnington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Cunnington Road Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Other theft Cunnington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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