Total Crime Rate

105.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

52.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 105.3 8/10
  • Violent crimes 52.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.1 7/10
  • Drugs 15.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.4 6/10
  • Public order 12.4 8/10
  • Burglary 6.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.2 5/10
  • Other theft 6.2 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.2 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Robbery 3.1 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Tidings Hill area has the 7th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Halstead St Andrew's , and the 67th highest crime rate of 483 local areas in Braintree .

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 Tidings Hill (CO9 1BQ) in the last 12 months was 105.3 per 1,000 residents and was 37.5% higher than the Halstead St Andrew's average (76.6 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 Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 52.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tidings Hill (CO9 1BQ), the main crime hotspot is near Roundacre. Police recorded 18 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Tidings Hill area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clare Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Roundacre Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Holmes Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Conies Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Grange Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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