Crime Statistics for Great Baddow, Chelmsford, Essex, 2024

Crime statistics for Great Baddow, Chelmsford

There were a total of 152 street level crime incidents in Great Baddow 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 Great Baddow, 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 Crime65
Shoplifting17
Vehicle Crime15
Criminal Damage Arson13
Public Order12
Other Theft12
Anti Social Behaviour7
Other Crime5
Burglary3
Drugs2
Bicycle Theft1
All Crime152

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 Great Baddow. 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 Great Baddow

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Chelmsford (1.39 miles)466
Springfield (1.96 miles)445
Great Baddow152
Chelmer Village (1.39 miles)97
Reader’s Corner (0.62 miles)97
Baddow Park (1.86 miles)23
Chelmer (3.03 miles)22
Danbury (3.1 miles)13
Butt’s Green (2.77 miles)2
Little Mascalls (1.96 miles)2

9.7%
of Great Baddow West residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Great Baddow?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Chelmsford160
Springfield148
Great Baddow65
Chelmer Village49
Reader’s Corner39
Baddow Park9
Danbury6
Chelmer5
Butt’s Green2
Little Mascalls0

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

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 Great Baddow 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 Great Baddow compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Trinity56
2Moulsham and Central56
3Galleywood53
4Marconi50
5Waterhouse Farm48
6Great Baddow East41
7Great Baddow West38
8Little Baddow, Danbury and Sandon32
9Chelmer Village and Beaulieu Park29
10Moulsham Lodge23
11Goat Hall15

Which road in Great Baddow has the highest level of crime?

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

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