Crime Rate in St Andrews, ward

St Andrews has the 6th highest crime rate of 24 wards in Chelmsford district and the 2452nd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 214th highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in St Andrews in the last 12 months was 84.8 per 1,000 residents and was 6.2% higher than the Chelmsford district average (79.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St Andrews’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 387 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 17.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 445 (≈ 47.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St Andrews ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 117 crimes here, including 43 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.