Total Crime Rate

73.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

40.1 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 73.8 7/10
  • Violent crimes 40.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.4 5/10
  • Other theft 8.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.1 1/10
  • Drugs 2.1 1/10
  • Other crime 2.1 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Coggeshall Road area has the 27th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Bocking Blackwater , and the 130th highest crime rate of 483 local areas in Braintree .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Coggeshall Road (CM7 9EP) in the last 12 months was 73.8 per 1,000 residents and was 50.9% higher 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 40.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Coggeshall Road (CM7 9EP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Conference/Exhibition Centre, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Courtauld Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Coggeshall Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ushers Meadow Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Trinovantian Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Ushers Meadow Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Croft Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Courtauld Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Courtauld Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Hollybrook Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Camulus Close Local resolution
Apr 2026Drugs Camulus Close Local resolution
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Gresley Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Maltings View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Wickham Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Ushers Meadow Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Maltings View Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Holden Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Wickham Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wickham Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Wickham Crescent Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Albert Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Maltings View Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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