Total Crime Rate
27.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
16.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Beaumont Walk area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 49 local areas in Chelmsford Rural West , and the 174th 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 Beaumont Walk (CM1 2HF) in the last 12 months was 27.9 per 1,000 residents and was 47.4% 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 16.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beaumont Walk (CM1 2HF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cherwell Drive (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chelmsford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chiltern Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thames Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clyde Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clyde Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clyde Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clyde Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chiltern Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Malvern Close | Under investigation |
| 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Cheviot Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Cherwell Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trent Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trent Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Welland Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clyde Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pennine Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cheviot Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cheviot Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheviot Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cheviot Drive | Under investigation |
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