Total Crime Rate
54.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hill 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.
View Crime In Chelmer Village and Beaulieu Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Prison | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hill Road South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hill Road South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Road South | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Road South | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Prison | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Queen'S Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Prison | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shelley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shelley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wharf Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Coates Quay | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Navigation Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Brockley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Prison | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hill Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Prison | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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