Crime and Safety in Chadwell St Mary
Last updated: 07 Jun 2026
Chadwell St Mary is the second most dangerous small town in Essex, and is among the top 20 most dangerous overall out of Essex's 315 towns, villages, and cities. The overall crime rate in Chadwell St Mary in 2026 is 83 crimes per 1,000 people. This compares poorly to Essex's overall crime rate, coming in 19% higher than the Essex rate of 69 per 1,000 daytime population. For England, Wales, and Northern Ireland as a whole, Chadwell St Mary is the 115th most dangerous small town, and the 807th most dangerous location out of all towns, cities, and villages.
In January 2026, Chadwell St Mary was the worst small town in Essex for anti-social behaviour, with 14 crimes reported and a crime rate of 1.3 per 1,000 daytime population. January 2026 was also a bad month for Chadwell St Mary residents, when it was Essex's most dangerous small town for criminal damage and arson, recording 9 crimes at a rate of 0.85 per 1,000 daytime population.
The most common crimes in Chadwell St Mary are violence and sexual offences, with 410 offences during 2026, giving a crime rate of 39. This is 7% higher than 2025's figure of 383 offences and a difference of 2.54 from 2025's crime rate of 36. Chadwell St Mary's least common crime is theft from the person, with 2 offences recorded in 2026, the same as 2025's figure of 2 crimes.
Chadwell St Mary 2026 Crime Scorecard
Second Most Dangerous
Small Towns, Essex
34% higher, regional crime rate
East of England
15% higher, national crime rate
England, Wales & NI
Local Crime in Context
As of April 2026, the crime rate in Chadwell St Mary is 34% higher than the East of England and 15% higher than the England, Wales & Northern Ireland overall figure.
Chadwell St Mary Crime Rate Over Time
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Chadwell St Mary Crime Map
Incidents mapped in Chadwell St Mary represent the time frame between January 2016 and April 2026. Each point on the map represents an area where crimes have been recorded locally.
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Introduction to Chadwell St Mary's crime statistics
This crime profile provides a detailed view of crime and safety around Chadwell St Mary up to April 2026, the most recent data release available. The crime figures and statistics have been calculated across each of Chadwell St Mary's 169 postcodes using three area sizes for comparison:
- Within a Five-Minute Walk
- Within a Ten-Minute Walk
- Within a Fifteen-Minute Walk
Individual crime risk scores and index figures are for the 12-month period ending April 2026 unless otherwise stated.
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Crime Risk Scores
Chadwell St Mary • 12 Months Ending April 2026
The typical five-minute walk within Chadwell St Mary has a crime risk score of 680. This is based on analysis of 169 nearby areas within Chadwell St Mary, with "most" referring to roughly two thirds of the nearby locations.
Crime risk scores are on a scale of 1 to 1,000 and consider the severity of the crimes involved, as determined by sentencing guidelines. A score of 1 represents the lowest risk, and 1,000 the highest risk. This approach ensures that - unlike overall crime rate figures - bicycle theft is not given the same importance in Chadwell St Mary's risk scores as, for example, robbery, or violence & sexual offences.
Within a five-minute walk of the typical location in Chadwell St Mary, crime risk scores are typically around 680, while in Essex they are average 496.
Areas within a ten-minute walk typically see crime risk scores of 758 (502 for Essex), and scores within a fifteen-minute walk are most often around 796 (Essex 509).
Trends in Crime Risk
Chadwell St Mary
Calculated via Seasonal and Trend decomposition using Loess, the Seasonality Adjusted line represents the original data with seasonality subtracted, and the Trend line has been plotted unadjusted. Overall trend direction has been identified using the Mann-Kendall trend test, and rate calculated from the slope of the best-fit line identified from linear regression.
No trend could be found in Chadwell St Mary's crime risk scores over the last 10 years, and the trend may well be static.
The five-year trend may be static; no significant trend was identified in Chadwell St Mary's crime risk scores during this timeframe.
Over the last year, Chadwell St Mary's crime risk score has shown a downward trend of approximately 4.1%, indicating that the risk profile is going down. This is an extremely short time period for crime trend analysis, and caution should be exercised when interpreting this figure.
Crime Rates and Indexes
Chadwell St Mary
The CrimeRate Index shows how crime rates compare against the national average.
1.0 equals the average
2.0 is double
3.0 triple
0.5 is half and
0.25 a quarter.
Highest Crime Rates
Chadwell St Mary • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Excluding other crime and other theft because their geographic location is often not relevant, anti-social behaviour as its definition is too wide, and bicycle theft for its specificity.
Vehicle Crime offences have a crime rate of 11 reports per 1,000 people in Chadwell St Mary, which is 2.47 times the national average. This figure is calculated from 112 crime reports logged by Essex Police during the 12-month period ending April 2026.
For the same period, Essex Police recorded 137 reports of Criminal Damage and Arson in Chadwell St Mary, resulting in a crime rate of 13 reports per 1,000, and a CrimeRate Index of 2.07.
The crime rate for Possession of Weapons is 1.60 times the national average at 0.91 reports per 1,000. This is from 10 crime reports reported to Essex Police.
Most Significant 3-Year Increases in Crime Types
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Excluding other crime and other theft, anti-social behaviour, and bicycle theft, and calculated with the same STL method described in Trends in Crime Risk, using CrimeRate Index figures to identify crime types that are trending above or below the national average, and the analysis timeframe limited to the last three years.
Vehicle Crime offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 3.51 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Vehicle Crime CrimeRate Index was 4.11 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 15% over this timeframe.
Criminal Damage and Arson offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 0.87 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Criminal Damage and Arson CrimeRate Index was 0.60 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 45% over this timeframe.
Possession of Weapons offences are trending upwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.29 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Possession of Weapons CrimeRate Index was 1.43 times the national average, and the current trend indicates an increase of 10% over this timeframe.
Most Significant 3-Year Decreases in Crime Types
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Calculated with the same methodology as the largest increases section above.
Burglary offences are trending downwards, and have a CrimeRate Index of 1.17 for the month of April 2026.
Three years ago, the monthly Burglary CrimeRate Index was 0.97 times the national average, and the current trend indicates a decrease of 21% over this timeframe.
Crime Type Breakdown & Heat Map
Chadwell St Mary • 12 Months Ending April 2026
Size and colour reflect the CrimeRate Index figures for each type of crime.
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| Crime Type | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| Anti-Social Behaviour | 140 | 13.29 | 0.94 | 15,826 | 7.63 | 0.54 | 74,182 | 10.23 | 0.72 |
| Bicycle Theft | 5 | 0.46 | 1.64 | 1,211 | 0.59 | 0.81 | 5,325 | 0.72 | 0.99 |
| Burglary | 28 | 2.63 | 1.11 | 5,328 | 2.58 | 0.82 | 17,593 | 2.42 | 0.77 |
| Criminal Damage and Arson | 137 | 12.97 | 2.07 | 12,427 | 5.98 | 0.95 | 40,107 | 5.51 | 0.88 |
| Drugs | 30 | 2.82 | 0.99 | 6,807 | 3.27 | 1.06 | 18,935 | 2.59 | 0.84 |
| Other Crime | 23 | 2.15 | 1.40 | 3,330 | 1.61 | 0.87 | 12,241 | 1.70 | 0.92 |
| Other Theft | 33 | 3.12 | 0.59 | 10,377 | 4.98 | 0.88 | 34,703 | 4.78 | 0.84 |
| Possession of Weapons | 10 | 0.91 | 1.60 | 1,752 | 0.84 | 0.99 | 5,931 | 0.83 | 0.98 |
| Public Order | 51 | 4.81 | 0.89 | 10,675 | 5.12 | 0.88 | 32,088 | 4.42 | 0.76 |
| Robbery | 8 | 0.74 | 1.25 | 1,433 | 0.69 | 0.58 | 4,492 | 0.61 | 0.52 |
| Shoplifting | 25 | 2.35 | 0.44 | 13,424 | 6.46 | 0.91 | 43,068 | 5.94 | 0.83 |
| Theft From the Person | 2 | 0.18 | 0.67 | 997 | 0.49 | 0.32 | 3,654 | 0.52 | 0.34 |
| Vehicle Crime | 112 | 10.61 | 2.47 | 10,314 | 4.97 | 1.16 | 27,821 | 3.84 | 0.89 |
| Violence and Sexual Offences | 410 | 38.85 | 1.28 | 65,641 | 31.56 | 1.04 | 200,684 | 27.65 | 0.91 |
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Total Crime by Year
Chadwell St Mary | Essex | East of England | |||||||
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| Year | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index | Count | Rate | Index |
| 2026 | 874 | 82.60 | 1.26 | 143,716 | 69.14 | 0.96 | 446,642 | 61.53 | 0.85 |
| 2025 | 807 | 76.82 | 1.17 | 139,780 | 67.68 | 0.91 | 441,082 | 61.31 | 0.83 |
| 2024 | 816 | 77.96 | 1.11 | 150,055 | 73.45 | 0.97 | 443,460 | 62.34 | 0.83 |
| 2023 | 968 | 92.79 | 1.26 | 162,636 | 80.64 | 1.02 | 474,715 | 67.51 | 0.85 |
| 2022 | 917 | 88.87 | 1.23 | 166,739 | 83.60 | 1.09 | 471,617 | 67.78 | 0.88 |
| 2021 | 986 | 96.93 | 1.50 | 150,121 | 75.78 | 1.11 | 437,869 | 63.51 | 0.93 |
| 2020 | 1,069 | 106.52 | 1.54 | 162,259 | 82.34 | 1.11 | 465,376 | 67.88 | 0.92 |
| 2019 | 1,032 | 103.20 | 1.42 | 161,365 | 82.25 | 1.08 | 482,539 | 70.87 | 0.93 |
| 2018 | 736 | 73.68 | 1.11 | 137,578 | 70.55 | 0.99 | 439,882 | 64.91 | 0.91 |
| 2017 | 660 | 66.20 | 1.13 | 122,860 | 63.43 | 0.99 | 396,747 | 58.76 | 0.92 |
| 2016 | 234 | 23.50 | 1.39 | 37,128 | 19.19 | 1.01 | 116,493 | 17.30 | 0.91 |
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Chadwell St Mary Compared to Nearby Small Towns
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| Small Town | Total Crimes | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tilbury | 1,762 | 113.42 | 37% more dangerous |
| Chadwell St Mary | 874 | 82.60 | - |
| Myland | 1,737 | 86.51 | 4.7% more dangerous |
| Harwich | 1,727 | 83.04 | 0.53% more dangerous |
| Waltham Abbey | 2,044 | 81.83 | 0.93% safer |
| Stanway | 974 | 70.06 | 15% safer |
| Epping | 992 | 71.53 | 13% safer |
| South Ockendon | 1,637 | 73.04 | 12% safer |
| Rochford | 848 | 66.24 | 20% safer |
| Chigwell | 883 | 57.64 | 30% safer |
| Maldon | 1,058 | 61.09 | 26% safer |
| Halstead | 835 | 57.76 | 30% safer |
| Heybridge | 420 | 49.71 | 40% safer |
| Buckhurst Hill | 636 | 51.01 | 38% safer |
Comparing Chadwell St Mary to the UK's Major Cities
12 Months Ending Apr 2026
| City Name | Crime Rate | Rate Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Cardiff | 79.55 | 3.7% safer |
| Chadwell St Mary | 82.60 | - |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 82.69 | 0.11% more dangerous |
| Sheffield | 84.09 | 1.8% more dangerous |
| Leicester | 97.87 | 18% more dangerous |
| Bristol | 104.64 | 27% more dangerous |
| Birmingham | 105.05 | 27% more dangerous |
| Liverpool | 106.48 | 29% more dangerous |
| Leeds | 107.10 | 30% more dangerous |
| Nottingham | 107.74 | 30% more dangerous |
| Westminster | 125.00 | 51% more dangerous |
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Offences In and Around Chadwell St Mary's Parks & Leisure Spaces
Limited to spaces in Chadwell St Mary that are named and have had crimes recorded within their boundaries in the 12 months to Apr 2026.
| Name | ASB | Drugs | Public Order | Robbery | VSO | All Others |
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| Chadwell Recreation Ground | 11 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 48 | 49 |
| All Weather Games Pitch | 2 | 1 | - | - | 15 | 1 |
Recent Crimes in Chadwell St Mary
The 20 most recent crime reports in Chadwell St Mary.
| Date | Crime Type | Location | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | On or near Alexandra Close | |
| April 2026 | Other crime | On or near Wickham Road | |
| April 2026 | Other crime | On or near Ravencroft | |
| April 2026 | Other theft | On or near St Peters Road | |
| April 2026 | Public order | On or near Marisco Close | |
| April 2026 | Public order | On or near Crouch Road | |
| April 2026 | Shoplifting | On or near Petrol Station | |
| April 2026 | Vehicle crime | On or near Sandy Lane | |
| April 2026 | Vehicle crime | On or near Northwood | |
| April 2026 | Vehicle crime | On or near Aluric Close | |
| April 2026 | Vehicle crime | On or near Wickham Road | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Marisco Close | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Ravencroft | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near The Haven | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near St Stephens Crescent | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Linford Road | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Templer Avenue | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near St Mary'S Road | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Semper Road | |
| April 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | On or near Ravencroft |
Methodology & Data Sources
Chadwell St Mary Crime Report
Data Sources & Processing
Every month, CrimeRate processes crime reports from data.police.uk, the UK's official provider of open crime report data. Each crime report includes anonymised coordinates, most often "snapped" to the middle of the nearest street, or to the nearest major landmark. The reports also include the month and year the crime was reported, as well as the type of crime.
Data releases on data.police.uk happen once a month, with a two-month delay. This means that, for example, crimes reported in Chadwell St Mary during July 2026 will typically become available in September 2026. The latest release is for Apr 2026 and was released in Jun 2026. To provide current and historical crime statistics, CrimeRate processed 61,669,232 crime reports for the latest release.
Chadwell St Mary Data Points
For Chadwell St Mary, CrimeRate uses the geographic boundaries provided by The Office for National Statistics in the December 2022 release of their Built Up Areas dataset, using the BUA22CD column value E63004958.
Due to the 2021 Census being conducted during a UK-wide Coronavirus lockdown, the daytime population figures released so far cannot be relied on for purposes such as comparing crime rates. Instead, CrimeRate uses Chadwell St Mary's daytime - or "workday" - population of 5,958 from the ONS 2011 Census for calculations throughout the site.
All geographic boundaries use the full resolution - extent of the realm versions where provided to avoid missing crime reports near coastlines and rivers - the banks of the Thames in particular - that would otherwise not be included when using the clipped to the coastline datasets.
Calculating Crime Rates
CrimeRate locates the UK region, county, and town/city/village locality for each crime report, and calculates the crime rate by taking the sum of all crime reports, dividing it by the locality's daytime / "workday" population, and multiplying the result by 1,000 to get the crime rate per 1,000.
Crime Risk Score Calculations
CrimeRate calculates crime counts for local, nearby, and wider areas for every postcode in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The postcodes locations are deduplicated by a process that ensures distinct points are approximately 50 metres apart. This process removes the bias that would otherwise come from counting the same crimes several times in heavily populated areas.
Using a custom algorithm developed in-house, CrimeRate applies a crime severity weighting to each area's crime counts, based on the type of crime reported. This increases or decreases the crime count, or zeroes it out entirely, depending on the crime type. A separate crime severity rate is then calculated, standardised, and scaled to fit the crime risk score range of 1 to 1,000, with 1 being the lowest score, and 1,000 the highest.
Crime risk scores undergo further analysis per town, city, and village plus other areas including police forces and neighbourhoods. CrimeRate uses percentiles to work out the most common range of crime risk scores in each locality. This includes identifying the high and low bounds where approximately 68% of scores fall, and finding the median (50th percentile) for easy reference.
The crime types with a weight of zero are: Anti-Social Behaviour; Bicycle Theft; Other Crime; Other Theft; and Shoplifting. The highest weights to are assigned to Violence & Sexual Offences, and the lowest to Vehicle Crime.
Frequently Asked Questions
Crime in Chadwell St Mary