Total Crime Rate
6.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
6.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Coggeshall Road area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 89 local areas in Bocking Blackwater , and the 11th lowest crime rate of 483 local areas in Braintree .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Coggeshall Road (CM7 9ED) in the last 12 months was 6.2 per 1,000 residents and was 87.3% lower than the Bocking Blackwater average (48.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 6.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Coggeshall Road (CM7 9ED), the main crime hotspot is near Wheatley Avenue. Police recorded 23 crimes here, including 16 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 | Other theft | Cunnington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rustic Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bartram Avenue South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bartram Avenue North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hawkins Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rustic Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rustic Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cunnington Road | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Rustic Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cunnington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cunnington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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