Total Crime Rate

18.4 per 1,000 2/10 · 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 18.4 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.2 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.1 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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

Noakes Avenue area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 30 local areas in Great Baddow East , and the 108th 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 Noakes Avenue (CM2 8EW) in the last 12 months was 18.4 per 1,000 residents and was 69.9% lower than the Great Baddow East average (61.0 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 Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 12.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 300.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Noakes Avenue (CM2 8EW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dorset Close, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rothmans Place (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Noakes Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dorset Close Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Drugs Pearl Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dorset Close Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dorset Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rothmans Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rothmans Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rothmans Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Dorset Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dorset Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dorset Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rothmans Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pearl Square Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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