Total Crime Rate

220.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 220.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 110.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.2 7/10
  • Public order 28.5 10/10
  • Other theft 14.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.7 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.1 5/10
  • Drugs 7.1 7/10
  • Robbery 3.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Thames Close area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Braintree Central & Beckers Green , and the 16th highest crime rate of 481 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 Thames Close (CM7 3XL) in the last 12 months was 220.6 per 1,000 residents and was 88.7% higher than the Braintree Central & Beckers Green average (116.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -78.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 71.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 101.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Thames Close (CM7 3XL), the main crime hotspot is near Stilemans Wood. Police recorded 29 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Braintree Central & Beckers Green

Crime Over Time in Thames Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Plains Field Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Plains Field —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plains Field Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Thames Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Thames Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Thames Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Chelmer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Chelmer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Templar Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Thames Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mundon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mundon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order The Spinney Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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