Total Crime Rate

213.2 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 213.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 165.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.3 5/10
  • Drugs 7.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.1 3/10
  • Other theft 5.1 5/10
  • Public order 5.1 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.5 1/10
  • Robbery 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

East Mill area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Halstead St Andrew's , and the 18th 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 East Mill (CO9 2EJ) in the last 12 months was 213.2 per 1,000 residents and was 158.7% 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 Shoplifting with 65 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 124.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 27.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 227.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around East Mill (CO9 2EJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 79 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Colne Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in East Mill area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dame Mary Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Andrews Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Andrews Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
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Data Sources

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