Postcode · Halstead
Crime in CO9 4DS
How much crime is recorded in CO9 4DS, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Steeple Bumpstead & Great Yeldham
- Council
- Braintree
- Region
- East of England
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,221 (2024)
How safe is CO9 4DS
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 16.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CO9 4DS area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
16.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
24
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).
CO9 4DSNational
Burglary13.99.1
Violence and sexual offences10.023.6
Other theft3.34.5
Vehicle crime1.73.5
Criminal damage and arson1.54.7
Anti-social behaviour1.310.7
Public order1.14.6
Other crime0.41.5
Possession of weapons0.30.9
Drugs0.02.4
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat 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.