Total Crime Rate

86.8 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 86.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.2 5/10
  • Other theft 6.6 6/10
  • Public order 4.0 4/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Drugs 1.3 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.3 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Mashbury Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Chelmsford Rural West , and the 134th 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 Mashbury Road (CM1 4TX) in the last 12 months was 86.8 per 1,000 residents and was 44.7% 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 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 52.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 146.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

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Crime Over Time in Mashbury Road area

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Data Sources

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