Crime Statistics for Bocking, Braintree, Essex, Essex, 2024

There were a total of 204 street level crime incidents in Bocking in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Bocking, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	79
Shoplifting	26
Anti Social Behaviour	25
Public Order	15
Other Theft	15
Criminal Damage Arson	13
Drugs	9
Vehicle Crime	6
Burglary	4
Possession Of Weapons	4
Theft From The Person	4
Bicycle Theft	3
Other Crime	1
All Crime	204

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Bocking. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Bocking

We've taken the ten nearest places to Bocking and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Bocking has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Bocking	204
Bocking Churchstreet (1.39 miles)	63
Great Notley (1.39 miles)	24
Row Green (1.96 miles)	20
High Garrett (2.24 miles)	14
Bartholomew Green (2.24 miles)	8
Black Notley (1.96 miles)	6
Rayne (1.96 miles)	5
Duckend Green (1.86 miles)	2
Panfield (1.75 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near Bocking?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Bocking and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Bocking	79
Bocking Churchstreet	33
Great Notley	7
Row Green	6
High Garrett	5
Bartholomew Green	3
Black Notley	3
Rayne	2
Duckend Green	2
Panfield	0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Bocking?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Bocking to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Bocking compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Bocking and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Bocking is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Bocking South	59
2	Braintree Central & Beckers Green	59
3	Silver End & Cressing	57
4	Bocking North	52
5	Braintree West	38
6	Braintree South	36
7	Bocking Blackwater	34
8	Coggeshall	31
9	Gosfield & Greenstead Green	25
10	Great Notley & Black Notley	21
11	Rayne	13

Which road in Bocking has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Bocking with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Hockley Avenue.