Total Crime Rate

14.7 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 14.7 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.4 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.7 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.7 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • 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
  • 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

Barlows Reach area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 56 local areas in Boreham and The Leighs , and the 80th lowest 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 Barlows Reach (CM2 6QA) in the last 12 months was 14.7 per 1,000 residents and was 78.8% lower than the Boreham and The Leighs average (69.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Barlows Reach (CM2 6QA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Suffolk Drive, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Blacklock (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Barlows Reach area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (2/2)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Suffolk Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Suffolk Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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