Total Crime Rate

90.9 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

51.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 90.9 7/10
  • Violent crimes 51.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.3 7/10
  • Public order 18.2 9/10
  • Drugs 9.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.1 3/10
  • Other theft 6.1 6/10
  • Shoplifting 6.1 4/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.0 2/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle 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
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

St Margarets Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Chelmer Village and Beaulieu Park , and the 122nd highest 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 St Margarets Road (CM2 6DR) in the last 12 months was 90.9 per 1,000 residents and was 8.0% higher than the Chelmer Village and Beaulieu Park average (84.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 51.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Margarets Road (CM2 6DR), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 97 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in St Margarets Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cusak Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Jeffcut Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Kingston Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Thomas Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hurst Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hurst Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Thomas Close —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
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Data Sources

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