Total Crime Rate

212.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 212.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 98.9 10/10
  • Other theft 33.0 10/10
  • Public order 22.0 9/10
  • Drugs 11.0 9/10
  • Shoplifting 11.0 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.3 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.3 6/10
  • Other crime 7.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.7 5/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Hopwood View area has the highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Great Baddow East , and the 33rd 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 Hopwood View (CM2 9FL) in the last 12 months was 212.5 per 1,000 residents and was 248.3% higher 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 120.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hopwood View (CM2 9FL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gardeners, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dorset Close (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hopwood View area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Duffield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Montfort Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Hopwood View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Dorset Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Dorset Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dorset Close Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Drugs Gardeners Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gardeners —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dorset Avenue Under investigation
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 2025Violence and sexual offences Pearl Square Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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