Total Crime Rate

81.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 81.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.1 3/10
  • Burglary 6.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.1 5/10
  • Other crime 6.1 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.1 5/10
  • Other theft 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Boswells Drive area has the 44th lowest crime rate of 95 local areas in Marconi , and the 144th 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 Boswells Drive (CM2 6LD) in the last 12 months was 81.8 per 1,000 residents and was 38.2% lower than the Marconi average (132.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 48.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Boswells Drive (CM2 6LD), 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 Boswells Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Navigation Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prison Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Brockley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Coates Quay Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Prison Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Prison Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Queen'S Road Local resolution
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 2025Public order Hill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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