Total Crime Rate

77.6 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 77.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.5 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.2 8/10
  • Drugs 8.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.1 2/10
  • Other crime 4.1 6/10
  • Other theft 4.1 4/10
  • Public order 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
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

Kestrel Rise area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 29 local areas in The Colnes , and the 120th highest 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 Kestrel Rise (CO9 2TU) in the last 12 months was 77.6 per 1,000 residents and was 85.9% higher 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 6 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 Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 28.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kestrel Rise (CO9 2TU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Middlefield, where police recorded 8 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 Kestrel Rise area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
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MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dame Mary Walk Under investigation
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Data Sources

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