Total Crime Rate

24.4 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

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 24.4 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.5 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.4 3/10
  • Other theft 2.2 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Brewster Close area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 29 local areas in The Colnes , and the 120th lowest crime rate of 481 local areas in Braintree .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Brewster Close (CO9 1PW) in the last 12 months was 24.4 per 1,000 residents and was 41.5% lower than the The Colnes average (41.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 15.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -41.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brewster Close (CO9 1PW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fairfield Way, where police recorded 6 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Courtauld Close (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Brewster Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ash Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fairfield Way

Data Sources

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