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Other theft in Chelmsford

12 months to June 2026

5.5per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 1,039 other theft offences in Chelmsford in the 12 months to June 2026, up 0.8% (8) on the previous 12 months. That is 5.5 per 1,000 residents against 6.5 for England and Wales.

  1. Home Office · data.police.uk
  2. street-level crime archive, category “Other theft
  3. local authority via LSOA lookup
  4. population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 190,570

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0100200201520202025September 2011: 145 offencesOctober 2011: 166 offencesNovember 2011: 148 offencesDecember 2011: 190 offencesJanuary 2012: 182 offencesFebruary 2012: 120 offencesMarch 2012: 187 offencesApril 2012: 148 offencesMay 2012: 191 offencesJune 2012: 167 offencesJuly 2012: 205 offencesAugust 2012: 262 offencesSeptember 2012: 196 offencesOctober 2012: 169 offencesNovember 2012: 157 offencesDecember 2012: 133 offencesJanuary 2013: 145 offencesFebruary 2013: 124 offencesMarch 2013: 132 offencesApril 2013: 146 offencesMay 2013: 119 offencesJune 2013: 109 offencesJuly 2013: 122 offencesAugust 2013: 165 offencesSeptember 2013: 105 offencesOctober 2013: 110 offencesNovember 2013: 105 offencesDecember 2013: 106 offencesJanuary 2014: 112 offencesFebruary 2014: 75 offencesMarch 2014: 107 offencesApril 2014: 112 offencesMay 2014: 84 offencesJune 2014: 115 offencesJuly 2014: 116 offencesAugust 2014: 159 offencesSeptember 2014: 118 offencesOctober 2014: 83 offencesNovember 2014: 103 offencesDecember 2014: 89 offencesJanuary 2015: 84 offencesFebruary 2015: 81 offencesMarch 2015: 90 offencesApril 2015: 77 offencesMay 2015: 70 offencesJune 2015: 115 offencesJuly 2015: 92 offencesAugust 2015: 142 offencesSeptember 2015: 90 offencesOctober 2015: 83 offencesNovember 2015: 101 offencesDecember 2015: 83 offencesJanuary 2016: 68 offencesFebruary 2016: 91 offencesMarch 2016: 90 offencesApril 2016: 95 offencesMay 2016: 117 offencesJune 2016: 106 offencesJuly 2016: 111 offencesAugust 2016: 144 offencesSeptember 2016: 99 offencesOctober 2016: 99 offencesNovember 2016: 87 offencesDecember 2016: 102 offencesJanuary 2017: 103 offencesFebruary 2017: 109 offencesMarch 2017: 120 offencesApril 2017: 108 offencesMay 2017: 114 offencesJune 2017: 115 offencesJuly 2017: 141 offencesAugust 2017: 110 offencesSeptember 2017: 77 offencesOctober 2017: 109 offencesNovember 2017: 122 offencesDecember 2017: 93 offencesJanuary 2018: 110 offencesFebruary 2018: 96 offencesMarch 2018: 127 offencesApril 2018: 93 offencesMay 2018: 94 offencesJune 2018: 126 offencesJuly 2018: 113 offencesAugust 2018: 124 offencesSeptember 2018: 110 offencesOctober 2018: 113 offencesNovember 2018: 115 offencesDecember 2018: 120 offencesJanuary 2019: 126 offencesFebruary 2019: 117 offencesMarch 2019: 98 offencesApril 2019: 108 offencesMay 2019: 117 offencesJune 2019: 103 offencesJuly 2019: 122 offencesAugust 2019: 91 offencesSeptember 2019: 91 offencesOctober 2019: 100 offencesNovember 2019: 100 offencesDecember 2019: 86 offencesJanuary 2020: 104 offencesFebruary 2020: 111 offencesMarch 2020: 56 offencesApril 2020: 47 offencesMay 2020: 60 offencesJune 2020: 77 offencesJuly 2020: 81 offencesAugust 2020: 91 offencesSeptember 2020: 98 offencesOctober 2020: 67 offencesNovember 2020: 73 offencesDecember 2020: 75 offencesJanuary 2021: 69 offencesFebruary 2021: 72 offencesMarch 2021: 91 offencesApril 2021: 76 offencesMay 2021: 105 offencesJune 2021: 84 offencesJuly 2021: 108 offencesAugust 2021: 112 offencesSeptember 2021: 99 offencesOctober 2021: 128 offencesNovember 2021: 101 offencesDecember 2021: 104 offencesJanuary 2022: 103 offencesFebruary 2022: 93 offencesMarch 2022: 121 offencesApril 2022: 85 offencesMay 2022: 102 offencesJune 2022: 136 offencesJuly 2022: 130 offencesAugust 2022: 98 offencesSeptember 2022: 121 offencesOctober 2022: 112 offencesNovember 2022: 116 offencesDecember 2022: 98 offencesJanuary 2023: 108 offencesFebruary 2023: 82 offencesMarch 2023: 114 offencesApril 2023: 104 offencesMay 2023: 136 offencesJune 2023: 121 offencesJuly 2023: 118 offencesAugust 2023: 101 offencesSeptember 2023: 85 offencesOctober 2023: 103 offencesNovember 2023: 99 offencesDecember 2023: 89 offencesJanuary 2024: 99 offencesFebruary 2024: 86 offencesMarch 2024: 114 offencesApril 2024: 106 offencesMay 2024: 93 offencesJune 2024: 83 offencesJuly 2024: 111 offencesAugust 2024: 98 offencesSeptember 2024: 63 offencesOctober 2024: 91 offencesNovember 2024: 88 offencesDecember 2024: 109 offencesJanuary 2025: 83 offencesFebruary 2025: 59 offencesMarch 2025: 90 offencesApril 2025: 80 offencesMay 2025: 91 offencesJune 2025: 68 offencesJuly 2025: 89 offencesAugust 2025: 89 offencesSeptember 2025: 79 offencesOctober 2025: 85 offencesNovember 2025: 92 offencesDecember 2025: 91 offencesJanuary 2026: 83 offencesFebruary 2026: 72 offencesMarch 2026: 104 offencesApril 2026: 75 offencesMay 2026: 84 offencesJune 2026: 96 offences

Offences recorded in this category each month, from the street-level archivePublished valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value

Each year since 2011

Year toOffencesPer 1,000Population year
June 20112,678 (partial)
June 20121,4758.72012
June 20132581.52013
June 20141460.82014
June 20151360.82015
June 20162141.22016
June 20172821.62017
June 20184252.42018
June 20195272.92019
June 20204412.42020
June 20213652.02021
June 20223772.12022
June 20233281.82023
June 20243571.92024
June 20254002.12025
June 20263411.82025

What this measures

Theft not covered by the more specific theft categories, such as theft from work or from a garden.

Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics. A higher recorded rate does not mean an area is more dangerous.

Other categories in Chelmsford

Every local authority ranked by other theft rate · All recorded crime in Chelmsford