Crime Statistics for Chignall St James, Writtle, Essex, 2024

Crime statistics for Chignall St James, Writtle

There were a total of 12 street level crime incidents in Chignall St James in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Other Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Chignall St James, 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 Crime5
Other Crime2
Vehicle Crime2
Shoplifting2
Anti Social Behaviour1
All Crime12

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 Chignall St James. 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 Chignall St James

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Broomfield (1.96 miles)96
Parsonage Green (1.96 miles)96
Blasford Hill (2.24 miles)48
Great Oxney Green (1.96 miles)16
Chignall St James12
Newney Green (1.75 miles)5
Roxwell (1.96 miles)4
Fanner’s Green (1.86 miles)4
Boyton Cross (1.24 miles)3
Breeds (1.96 miles)2

7.19%
of Writtle residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Chignall St James?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Broomfield37
Parsonage Green37
Blasford Hill27
Great Oxney Green6
Chignall St James5
Newney Green2
Roxwell2
Boyton Cross2
Fanner’s Green1
Breeds1

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Chignall St James?

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 Chignall St James 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 Chignall St James compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Trinity56
2St Andrews56
3Moulsham and Central56
4Marconi50
5Waterhouse Farm48
6Patching Hall48
7Springfield North41
8Writtle41
9Broomfield and The Walthams40
10The Lawns37
11Chelmsford Rural West33

Which road in Chignall St James has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Chignall St James with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around The Green.

Last updated: February 2024
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