Crime Statistics for Gay Bowers, Chelmsford, Essex, 2024

There were a total of 25 street level crime incidents in Gay Bowers in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Gay Bowers, 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	11
Anti Social Behaviour	3
Public Order	2
Vehicle Crime	2
Criminal Damage Arson	2
Other Theft	2
Shoplifting	2
Drugs	1
All Crime	25

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 Gay Bowers. 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 Gay Bowers

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Danbury Common (0.62 miles)	29
Runsell Green (0.62 miles)	29
Gay Bowers	25
Danbury (1.39 miles)	13
Horne Row (1.24 miles)	10
Bicknacre (1.39 miles)	4
Butt’s Green (1.96 miles)	2
Great Claydons (2.23 miles)	2
Little Baddow (2.24 miles)	2
Cock Clarks (1.75 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Gay Bowers?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Runsell Green	16
Danbury Common	15
Gay Bowers	11
Danbury	6
Horne Row	5
Butt’s Green	2
Great Claydons	2
Little Baddow	2
Bicknacre	1
Cock Clarks	0

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

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 Gay Bowers 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 Gay Bowers compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Gay Bowers and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Gay Bowers is ranked #7.

#	Ward	Score
1	Maldon East	56
2	Galleywood	53
3	Maldon North	44
4	Great Baddow East	41
5	Great Baddow West	38
6	Bicknacre and East and West Hanningfield	38
7	Purleigh	32
8	Little Baddow, Danbury and Sandon	32
9	Wickham Bishops and Woodham	23
10	Maldon South	18
11	Maldon West	7

Which road in Gay Bowers has the highest level of crime?

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