Crime Statistics for Springfield, Chelmsford, Essex, 2024

There were a total of 445 street level crime incidents in Springfield 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 Springfield, 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	148
Shoplifting	76
Public Order	50
Anti Social Behaviour	31
Other Theft	28
Criminal Damage Arson	23
Vehicle Crime	20
Burglary	20
Drugs	18
Other Crime	9
Bicycle Theft	9
Possession Of Weapons	5
Theft From The Person	4
Robbery	4
All Crime	445

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 Springfield. 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 Springfield

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Chelmsford (1.39 miles)	466
Springfield	445
Great Baddow (1.96 miles)	152
Chelmer Village (1.39 miles)	97
Reader’s Corner (2.56 miles)	97
Broomfield (1.39 miles)	96
Parsonage Green (1.39 miles)	96
Blasford Hill (1.96 miles)	48
Boreham (2.55 miles)	27
Chignall St James (2.55 miles)	12

Where are the most violent places near Springfield?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Chelmsford	160
Springfield	148
Great Baddow	65
Chelmer Village	49
Reader’s Corner	39
Broomfield	37
Parsonage Green	37
Blasford Hill	27
Boreham	7
Chignall St James	5

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

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 Springfield 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 Springfield compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Trinity	56
2	St Andrews	56
3	Moulsham and Central	56
4	Marconi	50
5	Waterhouse Farm	48
6	Patching Hall	48
7	Springfield North	41
8	Great Baddow East	41
9	Broomfield and The Walthams	40
10	The Lawns	37
11	Chelmer Village and Beaulieu Park	29

Which road in Springfield has the highest level of crime?

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