Crime Rates at Dyers Mead, Braintree, CM7 5GR

Dyers Mead area has the 5th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Bocking Blackwater , and the 18th highest crime rate of 483 local areas in Braintree .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dyers Mead (CM7 5GR) in the last 12 months was 194.7 per 1,000 residents and was 297.9% 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 53 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 57 (≈ 115.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dyers Mead (CM7 5GR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Peter Taylor Avenue (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.