Total Crime Rate
15.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
6.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Noakes Avenue area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 30 local areas in Great Baddow East , and the 78th 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 15.3 per 1,000 residents and was 74.5% lower than the Great Baddow East average (60.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Noakes Avenue (CM2 8EW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dorset Avenue, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dorset Close (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chelmsford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dorset Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pearl Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pitt Chase | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rothmans Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rothmans Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorset Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dorset Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pearl Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorset Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorset Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorset Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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