Total Crime Rate

97.2 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 97.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 56.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.2 8/10
  • Other theft 12.2 8/10
  • Drugs 4.1 5/10
  • Public order 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

St James Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Bocking North , and the 84th 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 St James Road (CM7 5QF) in the last 12 months was 97.2 per 1,000 residents and was 50.6% higher than the Bocking North average (64.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 60.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St James Road (CM7 5QF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wentworth Crescent, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Convent Hill (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in St James Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Six Bells Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wentworth Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wentworth Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Convent Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft St James Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St James Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St James Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Andrew Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pilgrim Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wentworth Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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