Total Crime Rate

270.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 270.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 121.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.9 6/10
  • Drugs 12.9 9/10
  • Other theft 12.9 9/10
  • Public order 12.9 8/10
  • Burglary 10.3 9/10
  • Other crime 10.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.7 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.2 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.6 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Writtle Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 95 local areas in Marconi , and the 24th 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 Writtle Road (CM1 3BX) in the last 12 months was 270.6 per 1,000 residents and was 104.5% higher than the Marconi average (132.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 47 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 77.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 258.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Writtle Road (CM1 3BX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Writtle Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Writtle Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Rookes Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charnwood Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parkinson Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Waterhouse Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Waterhouse Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rookes Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Writtle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Writtle Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Waterhouse Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Sep 2025Drugs Bilton Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Evelyn Place Awaiting court outcome
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Data Sources

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