Total Crime Rate

181.5 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 181.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 100.4 10/10
  • Other theft 23.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.6 6/10
  • Other crime 7.7 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.9 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Berwick Avenue area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 95 local areas in Marconi , and the 45th 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 Berwick Avenue (CM1 4AN) in the last 12 months was 181.5 per 1,000 residents and was 37.1% higher than the Marconi average (132.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 104.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 30.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Berwick Avenue (CM1 4AN), the main crime hotspot is near Cumberland Crescent. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Berwick Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cumberland Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Woodhall Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Somerset Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Woodhall Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Erick Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Cumberland Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Broomfield Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Somerset Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pembroke Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Pembroke Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Pembroke Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cumberland Crescent —
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Data Sources

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