Total Crime Rate
21.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
17.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Goldlay Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 95 local areas in Marconi , and the 125th lowest crime rate of 549 local areas in Chelmsford .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Goldlay Road (CM2 0EL) in the last 12 months was 21.8 per 1,000 residents and was 83.5% lower than the Marconi average (132.7 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 Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 17.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Goldlay Road (CM2 0EL), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 627 crimes here, including 318 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Chelmsford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hall Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | A1060 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hall Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gladstone Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Orchard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goldlay Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
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