Postcode · Saffron Walden
Crime in CB11 3XR
How much crime is recorded in CB11 3XR, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Stansted Mountfitchet & Elsenham
- Council
- Uttlesford
- Region
- East of England
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,747 (2024)
CB11 3XRSaffron Walden
How safe is CB11 3XR
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 24.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CB11 3XR area, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
24.5
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
44
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
CB11 3XRNational
Violence and sexual offences19.623.6
Anti-social behaviour6.610.7
Burglary6.29.1
Criminal damage and arson5.24.7
Public order3.44.6
Vehicle crime3.13.5
Other theft2.94.5
Other crime0.61.5
Drugs0.62.4
Shoplifting0.48.4
Possession of weapons0.20.9
Robbery0.11.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 24% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.