Total Crime Rate

50.5 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 50.5 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.6 7/10
  • Drugs 5.9 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.0 2/10
  • Public order 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Holst Avenue area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Witham South , and the 206th highest crime rate of 481 local areas in Braintree .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Holst Avenue (CM8 1SX) in the last 12 months was 50.5 per 1,000 residents and was 7.4% lower 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 38.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 333.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 113.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Holst Avenue (CM8 1SX), 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 Holst Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Haygreen Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Hatfield Road Local resolution
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
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Data Sources

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