Crime category | Share of all crimes | Ranking (95 postcode areas) | % of national crime rate | Crime volume | % annual change |
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Violent crime → | 36.6% | 47. lowest | 103% | 22.4k | -9.9% |
Antisocial behaviour crime → | 9.6% | 12. lowest | 60% | 5.9k | -29.7% |
Vehicle crime → | 9.2% | 22. highest | 144% | 5.7k | 20.9% |
Other theft crime → | 8.6% | 33. highest | 105% | 5.2k | 5.0% |
Public order crime → | 7.6% | 46. lowest | 95% | 4.7k | -17.8% |
Criminal damage and arson crime → | 7.4% | 32. lowest | 92% | 4.5k | -4.7% |
Shoplifting crime → | 7.2% | 48. highest | 101% | 4.4k | 33.3% |
Burglary crime → | 4.9% | 35. highest | 112% | 3.0k | 17.3% |
Drugs crime → | 3.3% | 29. highest | 118% | 2.0k | -2.6% |
Other crime → | 1.8% | 48. highest | 99% | 1.1k | -7.3% |
Bicycle theft crime → | 1.1% | 38. highest | 98% | 687 | -6.9% |
Possession of weapons crime → | 1.1% | 25. highest | 122% | 685 | 8.9% |
Theft from the person crime → | 0.9% | 42. highest | 41% | 524 | -17.1% |
Robbery crime → | 0.8% | 47. highest | 62% | 501 | 22.2% |
Crime category | Share of all crimes | Crime rate ranking | % of national crime rate | Crime volume | % annual change |
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The category of "vehicle crime" is the highest ranking crime category when category crime rate is compared to the national average. "Vehicle crime" rate is at 144% of national crime rate which puts Chelmsford on 22. position out of 95 England's and Wales' postcode areas in this crime category. "Vehicle crime" makes up 9.2% of all crimes committed in the area. The total number of "vehicle crime" is 5.7k cases and has increased by 20.9% when compared year-over-year in the period of February 2023 - January 2024.