Total Crime Rate
15.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
9.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Regency Close area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Chelmer Village and Beaulieu Park , and the 79th lowest 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 Regency Close (CM2 6DU) in the last 12 months was 15.8 per 1,000 residents and was 81.2% lower 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 9.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Regency Close (CM2 6DU), the main crime hotspot is near Prison. Police recorded 183 crimes here, including 145 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 | Other crime | Prison | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brookhurst Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turkey Oaks | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turkey Oaks | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Prison | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prison | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prison | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prison | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prison | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prison | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prison | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Prison | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brookhurst Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Prison | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Prison | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Prison | Under investigation |
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