Total Crime Rate
29.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
17.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pines Road area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 49 local areas in Chelmsford Rural West , and the 185th lowest crime rate of 549 local areas in Chelmsford .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Pines Road (CM1 2DL) in the last 12 months was 29.6 per 1,000 residents and was 44.2% lower than the Chelmsford Rural West average (53.0 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 Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 17.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pines Road (CM1 2DL), the main crime hotspot is near Auckland Close. Police recorded 40 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Chelmsford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thames Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chiltern Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highfield Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Highfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hobart Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thames Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thames Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thames Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Medway Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chiltern Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clyde Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Medway Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clyde Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clyde Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clyde Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clyde Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pennine Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Auckland Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Auckland Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Auckland Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Auckland Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Medway Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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