Halstead East & Colnes
Middle areaEast Braintree. 10,408 people in 31 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Halstead East & Colnes live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Halstead East & Colnes
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Halstead East & Colnes at a rate of 32.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 61.0 per 1,000 people across Braintree.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 199 |
| Other crime | 49 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 26 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 26 |
| Vehicle crime | 16 |
| Burglary | 8 |
| Shoplifting | 8 |
| Drug offences | 4 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
| Robbery | 0 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Halstead East & Colnes compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Halstead East & Colnes safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Halstead East & Colnes at a rate of 32.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 61.0 per 1,000 people across Braintree.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 28 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Halstead East & Colnes.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (199), other crime (49) and anti-social behaviour (26).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Braintree
These figures are published for the whole of Braintree, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Braintree and not Halstead East & Colnes alone. See Braintree
Halstead East & Colnes in brief
The median price paid for a home in Halstead East & Colnes was £372,500 in 2025.
Halstead East & Colnes had 9,494 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Halstead East & Colnes live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Halstead East & Colnes, 88.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.