Boreham & Little Baddow
Middle areaNorth east Chelmsford. 9,738 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 29 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Boreham & Little Baddow live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Boreham & Little Baddow
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Boreham & Little Baddow at a rate of 60.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 83.5 per 1,000 people across Chelmsford.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 211 |
| Other crime | 104 |
| Vehicle crime | 56 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 54 |
| Shoplifting | 54 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 43 |
| Drug offences | 33 |
| Burglary | 27 |
| Robbery | 4 |
| Theft from the person | 3 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Boreham & Little Baddow compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Boreham & Little Baddow safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Boreham & Little Baddow at a rate of 60.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 83.5 per 1,000 people across Chelmsford.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 60 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Boreham & Little Baddow.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (211), other crime (104) and vehicle crime (56).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Chelmsford
These figures are published for the whole of Chelmsford, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Chelmsford and not Boreham & Little Baddow alone. See Chelmsford
Boreham & Little Baddow in brief
The median price paid for a home in Boreham & Little Baddow was £480,000 in 2025.
Boreham & Little Baddow had 9,498 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Boreham & Little Baddow live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Boreham & Little Baddow, 84.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.