Total Crime Rate

11.0 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 11.0 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 7.4 2/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
  • 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

Cedar Drive area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in Witham West , and the 31st lowest crime rate of 481 local areas in Braintree .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cedar Drive (CM8 2LR) in the last 12 months was 11.0 per 1,000 residents and was 84.6% lower than the Witham West average (71.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2024, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cedar Drive (CM8 2LR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Campbell Road, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Milton Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cedar Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
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MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Campbell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Campbell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poplar Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poplar Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Poplar Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Poplar Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Tarecroft Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chaseway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Willow Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Campbell Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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