Chelmsford property guide

Essex's county city and a first stop for London leavers.

This guide brings together the latest property, schools and crime data for Chelmsford, Essex. Figures cover the 12 months to the end of June 2026 and are sourced from HM Land Registry, Police.uk and the DfE schools register. Trains reach London Liverpool Street in about 35 minutes.

Median sale price (12m)

£390,000

Sales registered (12m)

1,477

Open schools

53

About Chelmsford

Chelmsford offers Victorian terraces near the station, big interwar and postwar estates, and steady new-build supply at Beaulieu and Channels.

Grammar schools, city-centre retail and Anglia Ruskin University support local demand alongside heavy commuting.

House prices in Chelmsford

The median sale price in Chelmsford over the last 12 months was £390,000, across 1,477 recorded transactions. That is 2.3% lower than the previous 12 months.

Detached homes were the most-traded type in Chelmsford, accounting for 436 of the period's sales at a median of £560,000.

Median price by property type, last 12 months

Type	Median price	Sales
Detached	£560,000	436
Semi-detached	£420,000	397
Terraced	£352,000	345
Flat	£212,500	288
Other	£380,000	11

See Chelmsford sold prices in detail

Schools in Chelmsford

Chelmsford has 53 open schools recorded in the DfE register, including 29 primary, 8 secondary and 15 with a sixth form or 16-plus provision.

Nearest secondary schools to Chelmsford centre

School	Postcode	Distance
King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford	CM1 3SX	0.8 km
Chelmsford County High School for Girls	CM1 1RW	1 km
Moulsham High School	CM2 9ES	1.8 km
The Boswells School	CM1 6LY	2 km
Hylands School	CM1 3ET	2.4 km

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Crime in Chelmsford

In Chelmsford, the largest reported categories over the last 12 months were violence and sexual offences (35.7%), other theft (8.9%) and anti-social behaviour (8.8%).

Largest reported categories, last 12 months

Category	Share
Violence and sexual offences	35.7%
Other theft	8.9%
Anti-social behaviour	8.8%
Criminal damage and arson	8.5%
Public order	8.0%

See Chelmsford crime breakdown

Postcode districts in Chelmsford

Reported incident counts vary across postcode districts within the Chelmsford boundary, partly reflecting where Police.uk anonymises locations and partly reflecting genuine differences in foot traffic and population density.

Postcode district	Reports (12m)
CM1	8,093
CM2	8,093
CM3	8,093
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Living near Chelmsford

Nearby towns include Colchester, Basildon, Clacton-on-sea, Harlow and Braintree.

Colchester
Basildon
Clacton-on-sea
Harlow
Braintree

Other places in Essex

Colchester

Frequently asked questions about Chelmsford

The median sale price in Chelmsford over the last 12 months was £390,000, based on HM Land Registry data.

There are 53 open schools listed in the DfE register within the Chelmsford area, covering primary, secondary and sixth-form provision.

According to Police.uk, the most-reported category in Chelmsford over the last 12 months was violence and sexual offences, out of around 8,093 recorded incidents.

Sale prices come from HM Land Registry, crime statistics from the Police.uk open-data feed, schools data from the Department for Education, flood data from the Environment Agency, and energy ratings from the EPC public register.

The figures refresh monthly as new data is published by each source.

More Chelmsford property data

Chelmsford sold prices

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Crime in Chelmsford

By category and postcode district

Schools in Chelmsford

Primary, secondary and sixth-form

Planning applications near Chelmsford

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