Total Crime Rate

82.8 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 82.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.6 5/10
  • Other theft 9.6 8/10
  • Burglary 6.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.2 2/10
  • Public order 3.2 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
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

Plantation Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Boreham and The Leighs , and the 141st 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 Plantation Road (CM3 3DZ) in the last 12 months was 82.8 per 1,000 residents and was 19.4% higher than the Boreham and The Leighs average (69.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 51.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 45.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Plantation Road (CM3 3DZ), the main crime hotspot is near Garnet Road. Police recorded 17 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Plantation Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boleyn Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Amber Link Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Amber Link Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Garnet Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Garnet Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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