Total Crime Rate

162.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 162.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 76.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.4 8/10
  • Other theft 20.3 10/10
  • Public order 15.2 9/10
  • Burglary 10.2 8/10
  • Drugs 10.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Lancaster Way area has the 4th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Bocking North , and the 33rd 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 Lancaster Way (CM7 5UJ) in the last 12 months was 162.4 per 1,000 residents and was 151.7% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 91.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lancaster Way (CM7 5UJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pygot Place, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Panfield Lane (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lancaster Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Millam Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coldnailhurst Avenue —
Sep 2025Other theft Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pygot Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pygot Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Pygot Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Millam Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bailey Bridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lancaster Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bailey Bridge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Panfield Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Millam Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Motts Close —
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Data Sources

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