Total Crime Rate
56.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bishop Road area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 95 local areas in Marconi , and the 212th highest crime rate of 549 local areas in Chelmsford .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bishop Road (CM1 1PY) in the last 12 months was 56.0 per 1,000 residents and was 57.7% lower 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 30.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bishop Road (CM1 1PY), the main crime hotspot is near Chelmsford. Police recorded 48 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Marconi| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Watson Heights | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Townfield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cottage Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Watson Heights | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | New Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | New Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | New Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bishop Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Glebe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Chelmsford | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ransomes Way | Under investigation |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Watson Heights | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Chelmsford | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Watson Heights | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cottage Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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