Moulsham and Central
WardCentral Chelmsford. About 15,549 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.8 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Moulsham and Central live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Moulsham and Central compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Moulsham and Central safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Moulsham and Central at a rate of 261.9 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, 413 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Moulsham and Central.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (1,479), shoplifting (720) and other crime (704).
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 Moulsham and Central alone. See Chelmsford
Moulsham and Central in brief
Moulsham and Central had 13,333 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Moulsham and Central live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Moulsham and Central, 90.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Moulsham and Central, 2.9% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.