Total Crime Rate

36.1 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 36.1 4/10
  • Drugs 15.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.2 4/10
  • Public order 5.2 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.2 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.6 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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
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

Ridgewell Avenue area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 95 local areas in Marconi , and the 230th 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 Ridgewell Avenue (CM1 2GF) in the last 12 months was 36.1 per 1,000 residents and was 72.7% lower than the Marconi average (132.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 7.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 54.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ridgewell Avenue (CM1 2GF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Warwick Square (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ridgewell Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Swiss Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Smith Hughes Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Corporation Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft South Primrose Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order South Primrose Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Swiss Avenue —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kings Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wheatfield Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Harrison Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Rainsford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Warwick Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Warwick Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rainsford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Swiss Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Place Under investigation
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Data Sources

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