Crime Statistics for Hickford Hill, Braintree, Essex, 2024

Crime statistics for Hickford Hill, Braintree

There were a total of 2 street level crime incidents in in January 2024. The largest category was Violent Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Hickford Hill, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime2
All Crime2

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

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

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Hickford Hill

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Clare (1.39 miles)8
Ashen (2.77 miles)4
Cavendish (1.75 miles)3
Tilbury Juxta Clare (2.78 miles)3
Hickford Hill2
Stoke by Clare (2.55 miles)2
Pannel’s Ash (2.23 miles)1
Poslingford (2.78 miles)1
Chilton Street (2.24 miles)1
Knowl Green (1.86 miles)0

3.78%
of Chadacre residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Hickford Hill?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Clare4
Hickford Hill2
Tilbury Juxta Clare1
Poslingford1
Chilton Street1
Ashen0
Cavendish0
Stoke by Clare0
Pannel’s Ash0
Knowl Green0

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

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 Hickford Hill 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 Hickford Hill compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Hickford Hill and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Hickford Hill is ranked #8.

#WardScore
1Sudbury North East60
2Sudbury North West59
3Sudbury South East54
4Haverhill South East41
5Long Melford35
6Stour Valley North25
7Clare, Hundon & Kedington25
8Chadacre24
9Hedingham19
10Stour Valley South13

Which road in Hickford Hill has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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