Crime Rate in Little Baddow, Danbury and Sandon, ward

Little Baddow, Danbury and Sandon has the 5th lowest crime rate of 24 wards in Chelmsford district and the 1917th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 295th lowest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Little Baddow, Danbury and Sandon in the last 12 months was 43.0 per 1,000 residents and was 46.1% lower than the Chelmsford district average (79.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Little Baddow, Danbury and Sandon’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 149 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -47.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 186 (≈ 22.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Little Baddow, Danbury and Sandon ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near North Hill, with 16 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around The Avenue (12 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.