Total Crime Rate

97.7 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 97.7 8/10
  • Shoplifting 43.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.6 7/10
  • Robbery 7.8 8/10
  • Public order 3.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Spencer Square area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 87 local areas in Bocking Blackwater , and the 81st 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 Spencer Square (CM7 5JZ) in the last 12 months was 97.7 per 1,000 residents and was 102.6% higher than the Bocking Blackwater average (48.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 39.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Spencer Square (CM7 5JZ), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Spencer Square area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nowell Close Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cameron Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fennes Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Carrington Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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