Total Crime Rate
211.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cassino Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Chelmsford Rural West , and the 34th highest crime rate of 549 local areas in Chelmsford .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cassino Road (CM1 2EW) in the last 12 months was 211.9 per 1,000 residents and was 253.1% higher than the Chelmsford Rural West average (60.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 128.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cassino Road (CM1 2EW), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 96 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Chelmsford Rural West| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Varden Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Taylor Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bounderby Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cassino Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cassino Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Langton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Anderson Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Anderson Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Anderson Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Salerno Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Langton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Alamein Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alamein Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crushton Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Melbourne Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Arnhem Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Arnhem Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Canberra Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Canberra Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alamein Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Taylor Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alamein Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Tugby Place | Under investigation |
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