Total Crime Rate

216.1 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 216.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 127.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.7 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.0 7/10
  • Other theft 12.7 9/10
  • Robbery 8.5 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.2 4/10
  • Public order 4.2 4/10
  • Theft from the person 4.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Wickfield Ash area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Chelmsford Rural West , and the 31st 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 Wickfield Ash (CM1 4UT) in the last 12 months was 216.1 per 1,000 residents and was 260.0% 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 Shoplifting with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 42.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 354.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wickfield Ash (CM1 4UT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dickens Place, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pennine Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wickfield Ash area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Darnay Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dickens Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cotswold Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dickens Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pennine Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pickwick Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Dickens Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Dickens Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Malvern Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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