Total Crime Rate

34.6 per 1,000 4/10 · 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 34.6 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.4 4/10
  • Drugs 3.9 4/10
  • Other crime 3.9 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.9 6/10
  • Public order 3.9 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.9 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Sheppard Drive area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 55 local areas in Chelmer Village and Beaulieu Park , and the 218th 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 Sheppard Drive (CM2 6QE) in the last 12 months was 34.6 per 1,000 residents and was 56.4% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 23.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 500.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sheppard Drive (CM2 6QE), 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.

View Crime In Chelmer Village and Beaulieu Park

Crime Over Time in Sheppard Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Woodroffe Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Woodroffe Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Littell Tweed Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Littell Tweed Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Clarence Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Suffolk Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Suffolk Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 7 of 7

Data Sources

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