Total Crime Rate

102.6 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 102.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 67.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.6 5/10
  • Drugs 6.4 7/10
  • Public order 6.4 5/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Other crime 3.2 4/10
  • Other theft 3.2 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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

Lyndhurst Drive area has the 5th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Bicknacre and East and West Hanningfield , and the 105th 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 Lyndhurst Drive (CM3 4XL) in the last 12 months was 102.6 per 1,000 residents and was 172.8% higher than the Bicknacre and East and West Hanningfield average (37.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 73.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 68.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lyndhurst Drive (CM3 4XL), the main crime hotspot is near Deerhurst Chase. Police recorded 25 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Bicknacre and East and West Hanningfield

Crime Over Time in Lyndhurst Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Deerhurst Chase Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Deerhurst Chase Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Deerhurst Chase Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Deerhurst Chase Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hill View Under investigation
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Data Sources

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