Total Crime Rate

3.2 per 1,000 1/10 · Very 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 3.2 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.2 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Second Avenue area has the lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Broomfield and The Walthams , and the 4th lowest crime rate of 549 local areas in Chelmsford .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Second Avenue (CM1 4EU) in the last 12 months was 3.2 per 1,000 residents and was 96.4% lower than the Broomfield and The Walthams average (87.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2024, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 25.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Second Avenue (CM1 4EU), the main crime hotspot is near Fell Christy. Police recorded 44 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Second Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Sixth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour B1008 —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fell Christy —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fell Christy —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B1008 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broomfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B1008 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B1008 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting B1008 Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson B1008 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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