Crime Statistics for Chelmsford, Essex, 2024

There were a total of 466 street level crime incidents in Chelmsford 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 Chelmsford, 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	160
Shoplifting	85
Public Order	39
Anti Social Behaviour	37
Vehicle Crime	33
Other Theft	30
Criminal Damage Arson	27
Drugs	17
Burglary	16
Other Crime	8
Bicycle Theft	6
Theft From The Person	3
Robbery	3
Possession Of Weapons	2
All Crime	466

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 Chelmsford. 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 Chelmsford

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Chelmsford	466
Springfield (1.39 miles)	458
Parsonage Green (2.48 miles)	160
Great Baddow (1.39 miles)	152
Reader’s Corner (1.75 miles)	118
Chelmer Village (1.96 miles)	97
Broomfield (2.48 miles)	96
Great Oxney Green (2.48 miles)	16
Chignall St James (2.63 miles)	12
Little Oxney Green (2.55 miles)	9

Where are the most violent places near Chelmsford?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Chelmsford	160
Springfield	155
Parsonage Green	87
Great Baddow	65
Chelmer Village	49
Reader’s Corner	41
Broomfield	37
Great Oxney Green	6
Chignall St James	5
Little Oxney Green	4

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

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 Chelmsford 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 Chelmsford compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	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	Writtle	41
8	Great Baddow East	41
9	The Lawns	37
10	Moulsham Lodge	23
11	Goat Hall	15

Which road in Chelmsford has the highest level of crime?

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