Crime Rate in Great Baddow West, ward

Great Baddow West has the 9th highest crime rate of 24 wards in Chelmsford district and the 3609th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 386th highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Great Baddow West in the last 12 months was 62.3 per 1,000 residents and was 22.0% lower than the Chelmsford district average (79.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Great Baddow West’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 190 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -63.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 220 (≈ 34.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Great Baddow West ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Gardeners, with 34 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Rothmans Place (18 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.