Total Crime Rate

225.6 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 225.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 102.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 35.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.8 9/10
  • Public order 20.5 9/10
  • Drugs 15.4 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.1 4/10
  • Other theft 5.1 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Ingles Drive area has the 4th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Witham South , and the 14th 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 Ingles Drive (CM8 1YP) in the last 12 months was 225.6 per 1,000 residents and was 314.0% higher than the Witham South average (54.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 123.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ingles Drive (CM8 1YP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Claydon Grove, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Collar Way (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ingles Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Claydon Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hooten End —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Adams Croft —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Adams Croft —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stoneham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stoneham Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Claydon Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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