Total Crime Rate
638.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Coggeshall Road area has the highest crime rate of 87 local areas in Bocking Blackwater , and the highest crime rate of 481 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 Coggeshall Road (CM7 9BY) in the last 12 months was 638.5 per 1,000 residents and was 1224.7% higher than the Bocking Blackwater average (48.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 82 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -68.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 117 (≈ 274.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Coggeshall Road (CM7 9BY), the main crime hotspot is near The Avenue. Police recorded 102 crimes here, including 68 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bocking Blackwater| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Square | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Great Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bank Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bank Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bank Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Bank Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | The Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | School Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Swan Side | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Great Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Great Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rue De Jeunes | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rue De Jeunes | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | School Walk | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | The Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | The Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Fairfield Road | Under investigation |
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