Total Crime Rate

42.9 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 42.9 4/10
  • Shoplifting 12.9 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.9 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.6 6/10
  • Burglary 4.3 5/10
  • Public order 4.3 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Main Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Broomfield and The Walthams , and the 272nd lowest crime rate of 549 local areas in Chelmsford .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Main Road (CM1 7BU) in the last 12 months was 42.9 per 1,000 residents and was 51.1% lower than the Broomfield and The Walthams average (87.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Shoplifting ( -76.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 17.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Main Road (CM1 7BU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pembroke Place, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Vellacotts (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Main Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Pembroke Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Broomfield Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Ashford Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Pembroke Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Erick Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pembroke Place Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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