Crime Statistics for Little Waltham, Chelmsford, Essex, 2024

Crime statistics for Little Waltham, Chelmsford

There were a total of 80 street level crime incidents in Little Waltham in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Little Waltham, 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 Crime46
Criminal Damage Arson12
Public Order7
Vehicle Crime7
Other Theft3
Burglary3
Drugs1
Robbery1
All Crime80

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 Little Waltham. 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 Little Waltham

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Broomfield (1.24 miles)160
Parsonage Green (1.24 miles)160
Minnow End80
Little Waltham80
Blasford Hill (0.62 miles)79
Broad’s Green (0.62 miles)74
Great Waltham (0.88 miles)11
Breeds (1.24 miles)0
Fanner’s Green (1.86 miles)0
Chatham Green (1.96 miles)0

13.79%
of Broomfield and The Walthams residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Little Waltham?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Broomfield87
Parsonage Green87
Minnow End46
Little Waltham46
Blasford Hill45
Broad’s Green45
Great Waltham5
Breeds0
Fanner’s Green0
Chatham Green0

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

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 Little Waltham 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 Little Waltham compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Trinity56
2St Andrews56
3Moulsham and Central56
4Marconi50
5Patching Hall48
6Springfield North41
7Writtle41
8Broomfield and The Walthams40
9The Lawns37
10Boreham and The Leighs36
11Chelmer Village and Beaulieu Park29

Which road in Little Waltham has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Little Waltham with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Great Waltham FP101.

Last updated: January 2024
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