Crime in CM1 5

The CM1 5 postcode sector, in the CM (Chelmsford) postcode area, with most records published by Essex Police.

Updated October 2026.

Police published 388 street-crime records for CM1 5 from September 2025 to August 2026. That is 8.9% fewer than in the 12 months before. Police locations are approximate.

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Last 12 published months

September 2025 to August 2026. Street-crime records include anti-social behaviour.

Street-crime records

388

Share of CM1

4.9%

Year-on-year

-8.9%

CM1 5 holds 4.9% of the 7,954 records assigned to CM1 in the same window.

Month-by-month totals

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Month	Street-crime records
September 2025	31
October 2025	39
November 2025	34
December 2025	31
January 2026	25
February 2026	31
March 2026	39
April 2026	29
May 2026	34
June 2026	41
July 2026	27
August 2026	27

Street-crime records per 1,000 residents

No Census 2021 residents are recorded for these postcodes, so no rate is shown.

Rates cover England and Wales only. Residents: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021 postcode estimates, Open Government Licence v3.0. How rates are built.

Category mix compared

Each column is a share of that area's own records in the same window, so areas of different sizes compare fairly. Force: Essex Police.

Category	CM1 5	CM1	Force
Violence and sexual offences	50.3%	41.5%	40.4%
Anti-social behaviour	8.5%	10.0%	11.7%
Other theft	8.2%	6.0%	6.7%
Criminal damage and arson	8.0%	5.9%	7.5%
Public order	5.7%	6.9%	6.6%
Vehicle crime	4.4%	3.5%	6.2%
Burglary	4.4%	2.7%	3.2%
Shoplifting	3.1%	12.5%	8.3%

Year by year

Calendar-year totals for CM1 5 (December 2013 to August 2026).

Year	Street-crime records
2021	848
2022	627
2023	508
2024	552
2025	435
2026 (part year)	253

Limits to keep in mind

Published locations are approximate; they are snapped to anonymous map points before release, and each record is assigned to a sector by its nearest postcode. A sector is small, so counts near its edges are indicative.
These are counts of published police records, not all crime, and not a safety score.
Full detail is on the methodology page and in what a postcode district crime page shows, which covers sectors too.

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CrimeMapsUK. CM1 5 postcode sector: published street-crime records, September 2025 to August 2026. Source: data.police.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0. Retrieved 31 October 2026. Police locations are approximate; records are assigned to the area by nearest postcode. Postcode centroids from the ONS Postcode Directory. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. https://crimemapsuk.com/crime/sectors/cm1-5/

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