Total Crime Rate

115.4 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 115.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.0 8/10
  • Shoplifting 21.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 17.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.5 8/10
  • Other crime 7.0 8/10
  • Burglary 3.5 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Other theft 3.5 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.5 5/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Lawn Lane area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Springfield North , and the 85th 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 Lawn Lane (CM1 6PR) in the last 12 months was 115.4 per 1,000 residents and was 148.8% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -87.5% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -87.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 48.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lawn Lane (CM1 6PR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Burnham Road, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tamar Rise (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lawn Lane area

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Data Sources

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