Total Crime Rate
40.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
22.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Coggeshall Road area has the 36th lowest crime rate of 89 local areas in Bocking Blackwater , and the 238th lowest crime rate of 483 local areas in Braintree .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Coggeshall Road (CM7 9ER) in the last 12 months was 40.9 per 1,000 residents and was 16.5% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 22.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Coggeshall Road (CM7 9ER), 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.
View Crime In Braintree| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ushers Meadow | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trinovantian Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ushers Meadow | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Croft Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Courtauld Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Courtauld Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hyde Farm Corner | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Camulus Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Camulus Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Gresley Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Maltings View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Wickham Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Maltings View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Holden Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ushers Meadow | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Wickham Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wickham Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Albert Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wickham Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maltings View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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