Total Crime Rate
197.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
131.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hopwood View area has the highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Great Baddow East , and the 42nd 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 197.8 per 1,000 residents and was 229.4% higher than the Great Baddow East average (60.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 131.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.0% 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 31 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Duffield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorset Avenue | 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 | Pearl Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dorset Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hopwood View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gardeners | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Gardeners | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duffield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Duffield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hopwood View | Under investigation |
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