Total Crime Rate
51.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Queens Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Chelmer Village and Beaulieu Park , and the 251st highest 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 Queens Road (CM2 6HA) in the last 12 months was 51.0 per 1,000 residents and was 39.4% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour 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 Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 36.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Queens Road (CM2 6HA), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| 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 | Drugs | Prison | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Prison | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Prison | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Riverside | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Weight Road | 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wharf Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wharf Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wharf Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turkey Oaks | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turkey Oaks | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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