Total Crime Rate
150.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
105.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026North Avenue area has the 28th highest crime rate of 95 local areas in Marconi , and the 62nd highest crime rate of 549 local areas in Chelmsford .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around North Avenue (CM1 2AN) in the last 12 months was 150.2 per 1,000 residents and was 13.2% 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 47 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 105.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 24.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around North Avenue (CM1 2AN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ockelford Avenue (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chelmsford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | The Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kings Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Christy Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Christy Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Christy Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anderson Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alamein Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Alamein Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alamein Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | West Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ockelford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ockelford Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ockelford Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Merlin Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Milton Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Milton Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Milton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Milton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brownings Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Smith Hughes Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kings Road | Under investigation |
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