Total Crime Rate

54.2 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 54.2 5/10
  • Public order 25.3 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 7.2 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.6 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hill Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Chelmer Village and Beaulieu Park , and the 225th 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 Hill Road (CM2 6HW) in the last 12 months was 54.2 per 1,000 residents and was 31.9% lower than the Chelmer Village and Beaulieu Park average (79.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Public order with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 600.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 32.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 800.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hill Road (CM2 6HW), the main crime hotspot is near Prison. Police recorded 213 crimes here, including 150 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hill Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hill Road South Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Hill Road South Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hill Road South Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hill Road South Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Hill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Hill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Queen'S Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Other crime Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shelley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shelley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hill Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hill Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wharf Road
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Coates Quay Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Navigation Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Brockley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hill Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Prison Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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