Total Crime Rate
3367.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
1716.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Springfield Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 95 local areas in Marconi , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 549 local areas in Chelmsford .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Springfield Road (CM2 6JE) in the last 12 months was 3367.3 per 1,000 residents and was 2437.9% higher 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 296 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 7 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 88.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -11.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 388 (≈ 1716.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Springfield Road (CM2 6JE), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 627 crimes here, including 318 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 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Tindal Square | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tindal Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tindal Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tindal Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tindal Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Tindal Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tindal Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Tindal Square | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Tindal Square | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tindal Street | — |
| 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 | Tindal Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A1099 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Tindal Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tindal Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tindal Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tindal Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tindal Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tindal Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tindal Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tindal Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tindal Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tindal Square | Awaiting court outcome |
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