Total Crime Rate

117.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 117.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 67.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.7 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.7 6/10
  • Other theft 8.7 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.7 7/10
  • Other crime 4.4 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.4 7/10
  • Public order 4.4 4/10
  • Drugs 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Sarcel area has the 16th highest crime rate of 87 local areas in Bocking Blackwater , and the 59th highest crime rate of 481 local areas in Braintree .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sarcel (CM77 8AU) in the last 12 months was 117.9 per 1,000 residents and was 144.6% 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 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 76.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sarcel (CM77 8AU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Street, where police recorded 4 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Water Lane (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sarcel area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tenter Garden Under investigation
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Data Sources

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