Total Crime Rate
13.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
0.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Panfield Lane area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Bocking North , and the 47th lowest crime rate of 483 local areas in Braintree .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Panfield Lane (CM7 5RN) in the last 12 months was 13.3 per 1,000 residents and was 78.5% lower than the Bocking North average (61.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
In the area around Panfield Lane (CM7 5RN), the main crime hotspot is near Flanders Close. Police recorded 21 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Braintree| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Dukes Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flanders Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flanders Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flanders Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flanders Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flanders Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Camberton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flanders Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flanders Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flanders Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flanders Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flanders Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flanders Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flanders Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flanders Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Currants Farm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flanders Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Camberton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Camberton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Camberton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Camberton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arnhem Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alexander Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wingate Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flanders Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flanders Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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