Crime · Chelmsford

Reported crime in Chelmsford

Name: Chelmsford crime statistics
Creator: police.uk
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

12,624 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 102 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

12,624

Rate / 1,000

102

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	5,164	41%
Shoplifting	1,442	11%
Anti social behaviour	1,332	11%
Public order	855	7%
Other theft	802	6%
Criminal damage and arson	754	6%
Drugs	652	5%
Vehicle crime	548	4%
Burglary	341	3%
Other crime	250	2%
Possession of weapons	133	1%
Robbery	127	1%
Bicycle theft	124	1%
Theft from the person	100	1%

Category by month

Category	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Total
Violence and sexual offences	417	476	404	426	408	334	449	410	437	447	499	457	5164
Shoplifting	138	126	108	101	100	110	140	135	109	113	103	159	1442
Anti social behaviour	59	75	62	64	79	77	133	138	126	142	200	177	1332
Public order	73	83	67	46	61	67	56	68	82	78	92	82	855
Other theft	57	64	74	63	64	60	79	63	64	66	75	73	802
Criminal damage and arson	59	67	52	65	65	47	52	63	51	72	95	66	754
Drugs	55	38	51	60	37	51	65	75	62	44	44	70	652
Vehicle crime	33	36	55	39	44	41	50	49	41	47	41	72	548
Burglary	20	28	42	46	32	33	33	20	25	26	18	18	341
Other crime	24	20	18	20	21	20	18	20	27	25	14	23	250
Possession of weapons	12	11	7	7	6	10	13	11	13	12	21	10	133
Robbery	7	16	6	5	11	11	7	16	15	10	15	8	127
Bicycle theft	12	10	5	15	12	5	8	11	8	7	13	18	124
Theft from the person	7	11	15	13	4	7	7	1	8	8	9	10	100
Total	973	1061	966	970	944	873	1110	1080	1068	1097	1239	1243	12624

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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Chelmsford, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 123,921.