Total Crime Rate

86.1 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 86.1 7/10
  • Shoplifting 29.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.3 3/10
  • Drugs 9.9 8/10
  • Other crime 9.9 9/10
  • Other theft 6.6 6/10
  • Public order 6.6 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.6 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 5/10
  • 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
  • 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

Town End Field area has the 15th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Witham South , and the 103rd 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 Town End Field (CM8 1EU) in the last 12 months was 86.1 per 1,000 residents and was 58.0% higher than the Witham South average (54.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 23.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Town End Field (CM8 1EU), 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 Town End Field area

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

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