Total Crime Rate

98.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 98.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 64.4 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.3 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.2 1/10
  • Burglary 2.2 1/10
  • Drugs 2.2 1/10
  • Other crime 2.2 1/10
  • Public order 2.2 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

North Avenue area has the 44th highest crime rate of 95 local areas in Marconi , and the 110th 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 98.7 per 1,000 residents and was 25.4% 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 70.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 155.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around North Avenue (CM1 2AN), the main crime hotspot is near West Avenue. Police recorded 58 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in North Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ockelford Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Christy Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ockelford Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Christy Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Christy Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Christy Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Christy Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kings Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Camelot Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Camelot Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Smith Hughes Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson West Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crushton Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Christy Avenue
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Christy Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Anderson Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alamein Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Anderson Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alamein Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Alamein Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Anderson Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alamein Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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