Total Crime Rate

29.3 per 1,000 3/10 · 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 29.3 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.7 4/10
  • Burglary 8.4 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.2 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Millfields area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 49 local areas in Chelmsford Rural West , and the 185th lowest crime rate of 549 local areas in Chelmsford .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Millfields (CM1 3LP) in the last 12 months was 29.3 per 1,000 residents and was 51.2% 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 16.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Millfields (CM1 3LP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Ryle, where police recorded 6 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Little Meadow (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Millfields area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
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MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Chase Formal action is not in the public interest
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Data Sources

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