Total Crime Rate

176.5 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 176.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 63.0 9/10
  • Drugs 46.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.6 6/10
  • Burglary 12.6 9/10
  • Other theft 12.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.4 6/10
  • Other crime 8.4 9/10
  • Public order 8.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.2 4/10
  • Bicycle 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

Rectory Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Chelmsford Rural West , and the 47th highest crime rate of 549 local areas in Chelmsford .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Rectory Road (CM1 3HN) in the last 12 months was 176.5 per 1,000 residents and was 194.0% higher 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 450.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 71.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -43.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rectory Road (CM1 3HN), the main crime hotspot is near Lucerne Way. Police recorded 17 crimes here, including 7 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Rectory Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nicholas Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hunt'S Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lucerne Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Paradise Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rectory Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lucerne Way —
Sep 2025Other crime Pound Fields Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pound Fields Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Nicholas Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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