Crime Rates at Wharf Road, Chelmsford, CM2 6FS

Wharf Road area has the 46th lowest crime rate of 95 local areas in Marconi , and the 125th 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 Wharf Road (CM2 6FS) in the last 12 months was 88.0 per 1,000 residents and was 33.7% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 166.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 44.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wharf Road (CM2 6FS), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 215 crimes here, including 80 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.