Crime Statistics for Felsted, Chelmsford, Essex, 2024

Crime statistics for Felsted, Chelmsford

There were a total of 15 street level crime incidents in Felsted in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Other Theft.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Felsted, 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 Crime7
Other Theft2
Vehicle Crime2
Burglary1
Public Order1
Robbery1
Criminal Damage Arson1
All Crime15

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 Felsted. 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 Felsted

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Felsted15
Little Dunmow (1.39 miles)12
Watch House Green (1.39 miles)8
Bannister Green (1.24 miles)8
Gransmore Green (1.75 miles)5
Cobler’s Green (0.88 miles)3
Causeway End (0.88 miles)3
Frenches Green (1.86 miles)1
Cock Green (1.39 miles)0
Barnston (1.96 miles)0

7.67%
of Felsted & Stebbing residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Felsted?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Felsted7
Little Dunmow5
Watch House Green5
Bannister Green5
Gransmore Green3
Cobler’s Green2
Causeway End2
Frenches Green1
Cock Green0
Barnston0

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

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 Felsted 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 Felsted compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Felsted and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Felsted is ranked #6.

#WardScore
1Bocking South59
2Braintree West38
3Braintree South36
4Great Dunmow South & Barnston33
5Great Dunmow North30
6Felsted & Stebbing25
7Thaxted & the Eastons24
8Great Notley & Black Notley21
9Flitch Green & Little Dunmow19
10High Easter & the Rodings19
11Rayne13

Which road in Felsted has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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