Total Crime Rate

297.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 297.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 95.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 70.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 31.9 10/10
  • Other theft 28.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.2 6/10
  • Public order 14.2 8/10
  • Burglary 10.6 9/10
  • Other crime 7.1 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.6 5/10
  • Robbery 3.6 5/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

The Causeway area has the highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Halstead St Andrew's , and the 9th highest crime rate of 481 local areas in Braintree .

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 The Causeway (CO9 1ET) in the last 12 months was 297.9 per 1,000 residents and was 261.4% higher than the Halstead St Andrew's average (82.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 113.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Causeway (CO9 1ET), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near A131 (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in The Causeway area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary A131 Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cutting Drive
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cutting Drive
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper Chapel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper Chapel Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper Chapel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs A131 Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs A131 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mitchell Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Factory Lane West Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Trinity Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trinity Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trinity Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Causeway
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kings Road
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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