Crime Rate in Writtle, ward

Writtle has the 10th lowest crime rate of 24 wards in Chelmsford district and the 3161st lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 458th highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Writtle in the last 12 months was 56.7 per 1,000 residents and was 29.1% lower than the Chelmsford district average (79.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Writtle’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 87 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 105.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 108 (≈ 20.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Writtle ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Bridge Street, with 65 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Petrol Station (16 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.