Crime Statistics for Coalhill, Chelmsford, Essex, 2024

Crime statistics for Coalhill, Chelmsford

There were a total of 14 street level crime incidents in Coalhill in January 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 Coalhill, 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 Crime10
Shoplifting2
Other Theft1
Criminal Damage Arson1
All Crime14

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Coalhill. 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 Coalhill

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Runwell (1.96 miles)113
Battlesbridge (2.24 miles)33
Rawreth Shot (2.78 miles)29
Coalhill14
Downham (2.23 miles)10
Ramsden Heath (2.77 miles)10
Rettendon (0.88 miles)4
Brock Hill (1.39 miles)3
South Hanningfield (0.62 miles)1
Hanningfield Reservoir (1.59 miles)0

5.11%
of Rettendon and Runwell residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Coalhill?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Runwell44
Battlesbridge13
Coalhill10
Rawreth Shot8
Downham4
Ramsden Heath4
Rettendon0
Brock Hill0
South Hanningfield0
Hanningfield Reservoir0

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

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 Coalhill 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 Coalhill compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Coalhill and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Coalhill is ranked #3.

#WardScore
1Pitsea South East94
2Crouch65
3Rettendon and Runwell62
4South Hanningfield, Stock and Margaretting61
5Wickford Castledon55
6Wickford Park44
7Bicknacre and East and West Hanningfield38
8Wickford North38
9South Woodham-Elmwood and Woodville18
10Downhall and Rawreth17
11South Woodham-Chetwood and Collingwood16

Which road in Coalhill has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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