Total Crime Rate

446.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 446.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 155.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 118.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 43.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.5 8/10
  • Burglary 21.5 10/10
  • Other crime 21.5 10/10
  • Other theft 16.1 9/10
  • Public order 16.1 9/10
  • Drugs 10.8 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.4 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.4 8/10
  • Robbery 5.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.4 5/10
  • 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

Arthur Turp Close area has the highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Springfield North , and the 14th 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 Arthur Turp Close (CM1 6DD) in the last 12 months was 446.2 per 1,000 residents and was 862.1% higher than the Springfield North average (46.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 182.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Arthur Turp Close (CM1 6DD), the main crime hotspot is near Arthur Turp Close. Police recorded 23 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Arthur Turp Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willie Sewell Link Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Minns Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Robert Finch Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Jackson Bacon View —
Sep 2025Other theft Robert Finch Crescent Under investigation
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Data Sources

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