Total Crime Rate

41.8 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 41.8 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.4 7/10
  • Drugs 5.6 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.8 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Pennine Road area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 49 local areas in Chelmsford Rural West , and the 260th 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 Pennine Road (CM1 2HG) in the last 12 months was 41.8 per 1,000 residents and was 30.4% lower 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 33.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 14.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pennine Road (CM1 2HG), the main crime hotspot is near Auckland Close. Police recorded 34 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Pennine Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wellington Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Auckland Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Darnay Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cotswold Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pines Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Pines Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pennine Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Malvern Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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