Total Crime Rate

123.4 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 123.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 70.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.6 6/10
  • Other theft 7.6 7/10
  • Public order 7.6 6/10
  • Other crime 5.0 7/10
  • Burglary 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Rothmans Avenue area has the 5th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Great Baddow East , and the 77th 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 Rothmans Avenue (CM2 9UE) in the last 12 months was 123.4 per 1,000 residents and was 102.4% 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 78.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rothmans Avenue (CM2 9UE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dorset Close, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rothmans Place (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Rothmans Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Canford Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Dorset Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rothmans Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rothmans Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rothmans Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rothmans Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dorset Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dorset Close Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pearl Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Pearl Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences 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 2025Violence and sexual offences Chelmerton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chelmerton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Montfort Drive Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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