Total Crime Rate
5292.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Victoria Road area has the highest crime rate of 95 local areas in Marconi , and the 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 Victoria Road (CM1 1EA) in the last 12 months was 5292.9 per 1,000 residents and was 3899.2% higher than the Marconi average (132.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 250 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 325 (≈ 3282.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Victoria Road (CM1 1EA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 436 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (235 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Marconi| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tindal Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Legg Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Watson Heights | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Watson Heights | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Watson Heights | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Watson Heights | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tindal Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Tindal Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Tindal Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Tindal Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Tindal Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tindal Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Tindal Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cottage Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cottage Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chelmsford | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chelmsford | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Chelmsford | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Chelmsford | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterloo Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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