Postcode · Braintree
Crime in CM7 9FS
How much crime is recorded in CM7 9FS, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Bocking Churchstreet & Blackwater
- Council
- Braintree
- Region
- East of England
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,619 (2024)
CM7 9FSBraintree
How safe is CM7 9FS
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 20.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CM7 9FS area, well 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
20.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
47
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).
CM7 9FSNational
Violence and sexual offences16.723.6
Shoplifting11.58.4
Public order4.64.6
Anti-social behaviour4.010.7
Vehicle crime3.53.5
Criminal damage and arson3.14.7
Other theft2.34.5
Other crime0.81.5
Drugs0.52.4
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 18% 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.