Broomfield and The Walthams
WardNorth Chelmsford. About 12,684 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 45 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Broomfield and The Walthams live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Broomfield and The Walthams compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Broomfield and The Walthams safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Broomfield and The Walthams at a rate of 84.6 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, 113 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Broomfield and The Walthams.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (552), other crime (192) and anti-social behaviour (95).
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 ward, so they describe all of Chelmsford and not Broomfield and The Walthams alone. See Chelmsford
Broomfield and The Walthams in brief
Broomfield and The Walthams had 11,035 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Broomfield and The Walthams live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Broomfield and The Walthams, 93.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Broomfield and The Walthams, 2.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.