Total Crime Rate

144.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

97.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 144.0 9/10
  • Violent crimes 97.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 83.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.6 9/10
  • Public order 13.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.3 5/10
  • Burglary 8.3 8/10
  • Drugs 8.3 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.8 3/10
  • Other theft 2.8 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

The Green area has the 30th highest crime rate of 95 local areas in Marconi , and the 66th 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 The Green (CM1 2BQ) in the last 12 months was 144.0 per 1,000 residents and was 8.6% 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 97.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 45.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Green (CM1 2BQ), 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.

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Crime Over Time in The Green area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences North Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Christy Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Dixon Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fox Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Fox Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Fox Crescent
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Park Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kings Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kings Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lichfield Close
Apr 2026Burglary Lichfield Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Lichfield Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lichfield Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences North Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Christy Avenue Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Christy Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Langton Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Anderson Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ridgewell Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ockelford Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ockelford Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ockelford Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary The Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs West Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Warwick Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences North Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Smith Hughes Close Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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