Crime Rates at Trent Road, Chelmsford, CM1 2LG

Trent Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Chelmsford Rural West , and the 84th highest crime rate of 549 local areas in Chelmsford .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Trent Road (CM1 2LG) in the last 12 months was 123.8 per 1,000 residents and was 133.7% higher 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -11.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 74.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Trent Road (CM1 2LG), 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.