Total Crime Rate
915.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
429.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cunard Square area has the 7th highest crime rate of 95 local areas in Marconi , and the 7th highest crime rate of 549 local areas in Chelmsford .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cunard Square (CM1 1AU) in the last 12 months was 915.9 per 1,000 residents and was 590.3% higher than the Marconi average (132.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 429.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 146.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cunard Square (CM1 1AU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Park Road, where police recorded 324 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tindal Square (189 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chelmsford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Watson Heights | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Watson Heights | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Park Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Townfield Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Townfield Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Townfield Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Park Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Park Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bus/Coach Station | Awaiting court outcome |
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