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Marconi

Ward

West Chelmsford. About 9,332 people in 1.4 square kilometres.

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Radon Affected Area by ward

Worked out by Open Index · 2022

Under 1%90% or more

About 0% of people in Marconi live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

Population
8,764
3,025th most populated of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
People in radon Affected Area squares
0%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index
Gigabit broadband coverage
93.5%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.1%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Marconi compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

MarconiMiddle
Population24 wards, Chelmsford · 2021
Population: every ward in Chelmsford24 areas from 3,198 to 13,333. The middle area is 6,839. Marconi is 8,764.
8,7647th most populated
People in radon Affected Area squares24 wards, Chelmsford · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every ward in Chelmsford24 areas from 0.0% to 0.0%. The middle area is 0.0%. Marconi is 0.0%.
0%
Gigabit broadband coverage24 wards, Chelmsford · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Chelmsford24 areas from 39.3% to 98.5%. The middle area is 93.0%. Marconi is 93.5%.
93.5%11th highest
Claimant rate24 wards, Chelmsford · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Chelmsford24 areas from 1.7% to 4.6%. The middle area is 2.3%. Marconi is 3.1%.
3.1%joint 8th highest

Is Marconi safe? What police records show

In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Marconi at a rate of 137.1 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, 122 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Marconi.

In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (512), other crime (229) and shoplifting (173).

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 Marconi alone. See Chelmsford

Average house price
£378,080
Down 2.3% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£46,179
39th highest paid of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
8.2×
Joint 123rd least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
13.1
Joint 65th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Marconi in brief

Marconi had 8,764 usual residents at the census.

About 0% of people in Marconi live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.

In Marconi, 93.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Marconi, 3.1% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.