Total Crime Rate

25.1 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 25.1 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 10.5 3/10
  • Public order 6.3 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.2 3/10
  • Other crime 4.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Blickling Road area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Braintree South , and the 124th lowest crime rate of 481 local areas in Braintree .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Blickling Road (CM77 7ZJ) in the last 12 months was 25.1 per 1,000 residents and was 55.1% lower than the Braintree South average (55.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 16.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blickling Road (CM77 7ZJ), the main crime hotspot is near Thresher Rise. Police recorded 15 crimes here, including 5 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Blickling Road area

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Data Sources

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