Total Crime Rate

44.6 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 44.6 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.6 7/10
  • Other theft 5.6 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.8 1/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Public order 2.8 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
  • 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

Vicarage Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Hedingham , and the 234th highest crime rate of 481 local areas in Braintree .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Vicarage Road (CO10 7BP) in the last 12 months was 44.6 per 1,000 residents and was 3.8% lower than the Hedingham average (46.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 120.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 33.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vicarage Road (CO10 7BP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Vicarage Road, where police recorded 3 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Baker'S Road (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Vicarage Road area

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Data Sources

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