Total Crime Rate

42.0 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 42.0 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.6 4/10
  • Burglary 7.6 7/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.8 1/10
  • Bicycle 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

Dorothy Sayers Drive area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in Witham West , and the 237th lowest 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 Dorothy Sayers Drive (CM8 2LU) in the last 12 months was 42.0 per 1,000 residents and was 41.3% lower than the Witham West average (71.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dorothy Sayers Drive (CM8 2LU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Homefield Road, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Redwood Close (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dorothy Sayers Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Poplar Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Spruce Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forest Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Tarecroft Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poplar Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poplar Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Homefield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Poplar Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Willow Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Cypress Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spruce Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Spruce Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Spruce Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Spruce Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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