Crime Statistics for Shenfield, Brentwood, Essex, 2024

There were a total of 53 street level crime incidents in Shenfield 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 Shenfield, 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	18
Shoplifting	14
Vehicle Crime	11
Drugs	2
Burglary	2
Other Theft	2
Robbery	1
Criminal Damage Arson	1
Bicycle Theft	1
Public Order	1
All Crime	53

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 Shenfield. 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 Shenfield

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Brentwood (1.39 miles)	150
Warley (2.24 miles)	70
Shenfield	53
Crow Green (1.96 miles)	48
Brook Street (2.77 miles)	29
Ingrave (1.96 miles)	17
Herongate (2.56 miles)	14
Peartree Green (2.24 miles)	11
Padham’s Green (2.24 miles)	7
Green Street (2.56 miles)	2

Where are the most violent places near Shenfield?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Brentwood	46
Warley	28
Crow Green	25
Shenfield	18
Brook Street	12
Ingrave	9
Herongate	8
Padham’s Green	3
Peartree Green	1
Green Street	1

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

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 Shenfield 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 Shenfield compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	South Weald	84
2	Brentwood North	65
3	Brentwood South	65
4	Pilgrims Hatch	57
5	Brentwood West	50
6	Warley	43
7	Hutton North	43
8	Shenfield	42
9	Hutton East	40
10	Hutton Central	32
11	Hutton South	30

Which road in Shenfield has the highest level of crime?

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