Crime in CM1: Chelmsford
data.police.uk recorded 350 street-level crimes at the representative point for CM1 (Chelmsford) in Aug 2026. The most common category was violence and sexual offences (111 reports, 31.7% of the total). The monthly total rose versus the month before. That is roughly in line with the recent 6-month average for this area.
Chelmsford, an Essex city-centre and commuter district.
Crime by category in CM1
Every street-level crime recorded near the CM1 representative point in Aug 2026, by Home Office category, most common first:
| Category | Crimes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 111 | 31.7% |
| Shoplifting | 65 | 18.6% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 55 | 15.7% |
| Public order | 26 | 7.4% |
| Drugs | 21 | 6% |
| Vehicle crime | 16 | 4.6% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 15 | 4.3% |
| Other theft | 14 | 4% |
| Bicycle theft | 8 | 2.3% |
| Burglary | 6 | 1.7% |
| Robbery | 5 | 1.4% |
| Other crime | 5 | 1.4% |
| Possession of weapons | 3 | 0.9% |
350 crimes recorded in Aug 2026. data.police.uk snaps each crime to one of a fixed set of anonymised map points, so counts describe the area around the CM1 centroid, not a single street or property.
CM1 crime trend: last 6 months
The monthly recorded-crime total at the CM1 representative point. The recent monthly average is 329 crimes. A single outcode is a small sample, so read the direction rather than any single month.
Source: data.police.uk crimes-street API. The dataset publishes monthly with a ~1–2 month lag; the latest month shown is the newest the API had on the last refresh.
How safe is CM1?
In Aug 2026, CM1 was roughly in line with the recent 6-month average for this area. Recorded crime is not the same as risk: city-centre and high-footfall outcodes record more crime simply because more people pass through them, and recorded figures reflect reporting and policing as well as offending. Use this as area context alongside the price, flood and ground-stability picture, not in isolation.
350 recorded crimes · Aug 2026 · violence and sexual offences most common
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Frequently asked questions
How much crime is there in CM1?
data.police.uk recorded 350 street-level crimes in CM1 (Chelmsford) in Aug 2026, against a recent monthly average of 329 over the last 6 months. The largest single category was violence and sexual offences, at 31.7% of reports. These are reports snapped to anonymised map points near the outcode centroid, not a per-property figure.
What are the most common crimes in CM1?
In Aug 2026 the most common recorded categories in CM1 were violence and sexual offences (111), shoplifting (65), anti-social behaviour (55). The full category breakdown is in the table above, taken straight from the Home Office crime categories on data.police.uk.
Is CM1 getting safer or more dangerous?
Over the last 6 months of data.police.uk data, the monthly recorded-crime total for CM1 rose most recently and averaged 329 crimes a month. A single outcode is a small sample and recorded crime reflects reporting and policing as well as underlying offending, so read the trend, not one month in isolation.
How accurate is the crime data for CM1?
It is official Home Office data published on data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence. Each crime is snapped to one of a fixed set of anonymised map points near where it happened (never the exact address), so figures describe the area around the outcode centroid, not a single property. Search an exact address on HouseCheckup to see the crimes mapped closest to it in the full report.
Crime in nearby areas
Prime central London around Westminster and St James's, a dense government and tourism district.
Prime central Chelsea, a low-density affluent residential district.
Battersea and Clapham Junction, a busy riverside district around one of the UK's busiest stations.
Wandsworth and Earlsfield, a residential commuter district inside Zone 2/3.
Wimbledon, a busy town-centre and residential family district.
South-bank Southwark and Bermondsey, a high-footfall riverside and nightlife district.
Sources
- Street-level crime data, data.police.uk (Home Office)
- Outcode geocoding, postcodes.io
Contains public sector information from data.police.uk licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Street-level crimes are snapped to anonymised map points, not exact addresses.