Total Crime Rate
22.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
11.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Camborne Close area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Springfield North , and the 129th 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 Camborne Close (CM1 6JD) in the last 12 months was 22.3 per 1,000 residents and was 57.4% lower than the Springfield North average (52.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 11.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Camborne Close (CM1 6JD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Oxford Court, where police recorded 10 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Springfield Place (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chelmsford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camborne Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Coppins Close | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Oxford Court | Under investigation |
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