Total Crime Rate
94.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
59.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rope Walk area has the 11th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Maldon East , and the 34th highest crime rate of 205 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 Rope Walk (CM9 5EB) in the last 12 months was 94.1 per 1,000 residents and was 7.2% higher than the Maldon East average (87.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 59.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rope Walk (CM9 5EB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tait Mews (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Maldon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tenterfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Quayside Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Quayside Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Quayside Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mill Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Quayside Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wantz Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wantz Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wantz Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wantz Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Royal Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barrell Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | America Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wantz Chase | Formal action is not in the public interest |
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