Writtle & Highwood
Middle areaWest Chelmsford. 8,368 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 41 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Writtle & Highwood live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Writtle & Highwood
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Writtle & Highwood at a rate of 55.1 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 | 161 |
| Other crime | 85 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 53 |
| Vehicle crime | 40 |
| Shoplifting | 37 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 35 |
| Burglary | 25 |
| Drug offences | 21 |
| Robbery | 3 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Writtle & Highwood compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Writtle & Highwood safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Writtle & Highwood at a rate of 55.1 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, 49 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Writtle & Highwood.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (161), other crime (85) and anti-social behaviour (53).
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 Writtle & Highwood alone. See Chelmsford
Writtle & Highwood in brief
The median price paid for a home in Writtle & Highwood was £485,000 in 2025.
Writtle & Highwood had 8,309 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Writtle & Highwood live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Writtle & Highwood, 93.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.