Total Crime Rate

107.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 107.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.7 9/10
  • Other crime 12.4 10/10
  • Public order 12.4 8/10
  • Other theft 8.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.1 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.1 3/10
  • Drugs 4.1 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Wantz Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Maldon East , and the 22nd highest crime rate of 206 local areas in Maldon .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wantz Road (CM9 5DB) in the last 12 months was 107.0 per 1,000 residents and was 34.8% higher than the Maldon East average (79.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 74.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 71.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wantz Road (CM9 5DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Friary Fields, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wantz Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dyer'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Royal Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Old Mill Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warwick Drive Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warwick Drive Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Mill Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs North Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Butt Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tait Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Tait Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victoria Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Friary Fields
Sep 2025Public order Wantz Haven Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victoria Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Friary Fields Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences America Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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