Total Crime Rate

125.7 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 125.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 74.3 9/10
  • Other crime 17.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.4 7/10
  • Drugs 5.7 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
  • 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

Baker Way area has the 8th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Witham South , and the 49th 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 Baker Way (CM8 1FN) in the last 12 months was 125.7 per 1,000 residents and was 130.7% higher than the Witham South average (54.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 74.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Baker Way (CM8 1FN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dawson Way, where police recorded 12 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 Baker Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chaplin Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mortimer Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dawson Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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