Total Crime Rate

6.4 per 1,000 1/10 · Very 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 6.4 1/10
  • Theft from the person 3.2 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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
  • Violence and sexual offences 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

Elgar Drive area has the lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Witham South , and the 8th lowest crime rate of 481 local areas in Braintree .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Elgar Drive (CM8 1DL) in the last 12 months was 6.4 per 1,000 residents and was 88.2% lower than the Witham South average (54.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Theft from the person with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

In the area around Elgar Drive (CM8 1DL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hatfield Road, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mortimer Way (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Elgar Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Woodfield Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Hatfield Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Burglary Woodfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mortimer Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Woodfield Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chaplin Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dawson Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ravel Avenue —
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Data Sources

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