Crime Rate in Great Baddow East, ward

Great Baddow East has the 10th highest crime rate of 24 wards in Chelmsford district and the 3530th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 401st highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Great Baddow East in the last 12 months was 61.0 per 1,000 residents and was 23.6% lower than the Chelmsford district average (79.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Great Baddow East’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 216 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -41.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 248 (≈ 29.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Great Baddow East ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 55 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.