Total Crime Rate
166.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
116.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Meadway area has the 5th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Maldon East , and the 8th highest crime rate of 205 local areas in Maldon .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Meadway (CM9 5JS) in the last 12 months was 166.1 per 1,000 residents and was 89.4% 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 29 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 Criminal damage and arson ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 116.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Meadway (CM9 5JS), the main crime hotspot is near Meadway. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Maldon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jersey Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Park Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jersey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jersey Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jersey Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Meadway | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mill Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poulton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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