Total Crime Rate
130.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
60.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bradford Street area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 95 local areas in Marconi , and the 74th highest crime rate of 549 local areas in Chelmsford .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bradford Street (CM2 0XU) in the last 12 months was 130.3 per 1,000 residents and was 1.8% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 60.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bradford Street (CM2 0XU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bradford Street, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stapleford Close (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chelmsford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shire Gate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Seymour Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stapleford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bradford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New London Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Seymour Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Seymour Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Elm Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southborough Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hart Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Southborough Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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