Total Crime Rate
449.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
206.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Barnard Road area has the highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Galleywood , and the 16th highest crime rate of 549 local areas in Chelmsford .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Barnard Road (CM2 8RS) in the last 12 months was 449.5 per 1,000 residents and was 545.8% higher than the Galleywood average (69.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 3 cases , down -57.1% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 206.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Barnard Road (CM2 8RS), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 64 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Chelmsford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Moretons | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnard Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnard Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Watchouse Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Watchouse Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Braziers Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnard Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Watchouse Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Barnard Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Moretons | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Watchouse Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moretons | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lower Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnard Road | Under investigation |
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