Patching Hall ward · Chelmsford. Every figure carries its own date.
Boundary: May 2026. Census and crime records have different dates and purposes.
What makes this ward different?
Homes rented from a council or housing association: 20% here, compared with 13% across Chelmsford (7.1 percentage points higher).
The share of social housing describes the homes already here. It does not show the current waiting list or whether enough suitable homes are available.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
Households facing two or more measured disadvantages: 16.2% here, compared with 13.2% across Chelmsford (3 percentage points higher).
These households met at least two census conditions covering education, employment, health and housing. This is not an income or poverty measure.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
People aged 16+ with no qualifications: 16.9% here, compared with 15.2% across Chelmsford (1.7 percentage points higher).
Formal qualifications are only one part of someone's skills. Training decisions also need current vacancies, employment and residents' experience.
21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.
Why this comparison is valid
The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.
Police-recorded locations for Patching Hall ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.
608 mapped crimes
September 2025 to August 2026. Compared with 486 in the previous 12 months. Anti-social behaviour is counted separately.
Mapped crime over time
September 2024 to August 2026
Patching Hall ward · mapped crimes
184265
September 2024August 2026
Monthly crime and anti-social behaviour
Recorded locations by month · Patching Hall
Month
Mapped crime
Anti-social behaviour
September 2024
33
2
October 2024
39
4
November 2024
43
5
December 2024
30
1
January 2025
44
2
February 2025
23
2
March 2025
42
4
April 2025
50
2
May 2025
45
5
June 2025
47
4
July 2025
50
8
August 2025
40
5
September 2025
42
7
October 2025
55
3
November 2025
50
2
December 2025
41
4
January 2026
38
3
February 2026
44
6
March 2026
62
10
April 2026
56
7
May 2026
55
12
June 2026
57
8
July 2026
60
7
August 2026
48
3
Crime categories in the latest complete year
September 2025 to August 2026 · Patching Hall
Category
Mapped crimes
violent crime
316
criminal damage arson
55
public order
40
other theft
37
burglary
34
vehicle crime
33
shoplifting
32
drugs
25
other crime
18
possession of weapons
7
robbery
7
bicycle theft
3
theft from the person
1
What these numbers include
Approximate published locations, not every crime or personal risk.
Anti-social behaviour is separate. Transport police and records without usable locations are excluded.
Do not compare directly with Scottish council-level recorded crime totals.
These are retrieved mapped records, not a guarantee of complete crime reporting. Approximate locations and unmapped incidents limit comparisons.
Missing ward-months invalidate totals and changes. Busy centres attract visitors, so residential population is not a measure of the number of people exposed.
