Total Crime Rate

219.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 219.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 68.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 28.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.2 10/10
  • Public order 23.5 9/10
  • Other theft 18.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.8 7/10
  • Shoplifting 13.4 6/10
  • Drugs 8.4 8/10
  • Other crime 6.7 8/10
  • Burglary 5.0 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.7 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Mill Lane area has the 6th highest crime rate of 87 local areas in Bocking Blackwater , and the 17th highest crime rate of 481 local areas in Braintree .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Mill Lane (CM77 8NX) in the last 12 months was 219.8 per 1,000 residents and was 356.0% 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 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 57 (≈ 95.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mill Lane (CM77 8NX), the main crime hotspot is near Witham Road. Police recorded 30 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Mill Lane area

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

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