Crime Rates at Church Street, Braintree, CM7 5FR

Church Street area has the 41st highest crime rate of 87 local areas in Bocking Blackwater , and the 194th highest crime rate of 481 local areas in Braintree .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Church Street (CM7 5FR) in the last 12 months was 52.8 per 1,000 residents and was 9.5% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 116.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 41.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 400.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Church Street (CM7 5FR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nowell Close (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.