Total Crime Rate

90.9 per 1,000 7/10 Β· High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 90.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.9 5/10
  • Other theft 14.2 9/10
  • Public order 14.2 8/10
  • Burglary 11.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.7 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.7 4/10
  • Drugs 5.7 6/10
  • Theft from the person 5.7 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.7 5/10
  • Other crime 2.8 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

The Crescent area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 29 local areas in Cranbrook , and the 263rd highest crime rate of 757 local areas in Redbridge .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Crescent (IG2 6JF) in the last 12 months was 90.9 per 1,000 residents and was 3.8% higher than the Cranbrook average (87.5 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 crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (β‰ˆ 34.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 140.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Crescent (IG2 6JF), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 111 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in The Crescent area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Blenheim Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mornington Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub β€”
Sep 2025Other crime Mornington Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Blenheim Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wayside Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wayside Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Wayside Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Wayside Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wayside Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gants Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Edmund'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building β€”
Sep 2025Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Clarence Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Clarence Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clarence Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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