Total Crime Rate

46.2 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 46.2 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.5 6/10
  • Drugs 8.2 8/10
  • Public order 5.4 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.4 5/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • 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 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

Mendip Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Chelmsford Rural West , and the 255th highest 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 Mendip Road (CM1 2HP) in the last 12 months was 46.2 per 1,000 residents and was 23.0% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 29.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mendip Road (CM1 2HP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dickens Place, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pennine Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Mendip Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Dickens Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Madeline Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cotswold Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Darnay Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pennine Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pickwick Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Dickens Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dickens Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dickens Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Malvern Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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