Chelsea Riverside vs Harold Wood

Chelsea Riverside has a safety score of 8/100 (High Crime) and recorded 13,001 crimes in the last 12 months. Harold Wood has a safety score of 16/100 (High Crime) with 819 crimes. Harold Wood scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Chelsea Riverside shows a year-on-year crime trend of -1.1% — meaning total crimes fell compared to the same period the prior year. Harold Wood shows -6.1% (falling). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Chelsea Riverside, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Anti-Social Behaviour (2,773 incidents). In Harold Wood, it is Violent Crime (238 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Chelsea Riverside recorded 2,773 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Harold Wood recorded 161. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Chelsea Riverside totalled 2,580 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 238 in Harold Wood. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Chelsea Riverside recorded 13,143 crimes (now 13,001, a change of -1.1%). Harold Wood recorded 872 crimes previously (now 819, -6.1%).

The resolution rate is the percentage of recorded crimes that resulted in a formal outcome — such as a charge, caution, penalty notice, or community resolution. Chelsea Riverside has a resolution rate of 32.8% and Harold Wood has 37.3%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Chelsea Riverside falls within the Metropolitan Police Service boundary. Harold Wood is covered by Metropolitan Police Service. Each force operates independently and publishes crime data through the national UK Police API.

CrimeRadar uses 36 months of official recorded crime data from the UK Police API, updated each month. The safety score combines crime volume relative to the force average, year-on-year trend direction, and resolution rate. All figures are based on crimes recorded within each police-defined neighbourhood boundary.

Yes — CrimeRadar has individual crime map pages for both Chelsea Riverside and Harold Wood. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.