Total Crime Rate

35.8 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 35.8 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.9 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.0 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.0 2/10
  • 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Menish Way area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 55 local areas in Chelmer Village and Beaulieu Park , and the 227th lowest crime rate of 549 local areas in Chelmsford .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Menish Way (CM2 6RT) in the last 12 months was 35.8 per 1,000 residents and was 54.9% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 26.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Menish Way (CM2 6RT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 24 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 Menish Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Palmers Croft
Sep 2025Public order Woodroffe Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Woodroffe Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Supermarket Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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