Total Crime Rate

102.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

42.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 102.0 8/10
  • Violent crimes 42.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.2 6/10
  • Other theft 14.2 9/10
  • Drugs 11.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.5 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Greenfield area has the 13th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Witham South , and the 74th highest crime rate of 483 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 Greenfield (CM8 2FA) in the last 12 months was 102.0 per 1,000 residents and was 104.9% higher than the Witham South average (49.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 42.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Greenfield (CM8 2FA), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Greenfield area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Barwell Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Wakelin Way Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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