Chelmsford crime stats

February 2024

Most crimes, 22.4k crimes were violent crimes which is 36.6% of all crimes committed in the area. Violent crime rate is at 103% of national crime rate. Shoplifting crime was the fastest growing crime and it increased by 33.3% over the last twelve months.Chelmsford crime statistics
Crime categoryShare of all crimesRanking (95 postcode areas)% of national crime rateCrime volume% annual change
Violent crime →36.6%47. lowest103%22.4k-9.9%
Antisocial behaviour crime →9.6%12. lowest60%5.9k-29.7%
Vehicle crime →9.2%22. highest144%5.7k20.9%
Other theft crime →8.6%33. highest105%5.2k5.0%
Public order crime →7.6%46. lowest95%4.7k-17.8%
Criminal damage and arson crime →7.4%32. lowest92%4.5k-4.7%
Shoplifting crime →7.2%48. highest101%4.4k33.3%
Burglary crime →4.9%35. highest112%3.0k17.3%
Drugs crime →3.3%29. highest118%2.0k-2.6%
Other crime →1.8%48. highest99%1.1k-7.3%
Bicycle theft crime →1.1%38. highest98%687-6.9%
Possession of weapons crime →1.1%25. highest122%6858.9%
Theft from the person crime →0.9%42. highest41%524-17.1%
Robbery crime →0.8%47. highest62%50122.2%
Crime categoryShare of all crimesCrime rate ranking% of national crime rateCrime 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.

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