Total Crime Rate

130.9 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 130.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.1 9/10
  • Other theft 26.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.4 8/10
  • Drugs 13.4 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.4 2/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Baddow Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Great Baddow East , and the 71st highest crime rate of 549 local areas in Chelmsford .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Baddow Road (CM2 9QR) in the last 12 months was 130.9 per 1,000 residents and was 114.6% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 183.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 60.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Baddow Road (CM2 9QR), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Baddow Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadgate Terrace Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spooner Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harberd Tye Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Van Dieman'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadgate Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Searle Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitfield Link Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadgate Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Whitehouse Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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