Crime Statistics for Copford Green, Colchester, Essex, 2024

Crime statistics for Copford Green, Colchester

There were a total of 2 street level crime incidents in Copford Green in March 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Anti Social Behaviour, followed by Violent Crime.

Crime CategoryIncidents
Anti Social Behaviour1
Violent Crime1
All Crime2

Map of street level crime incidents in March 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Copford Green. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Copford Green

We've taken the ten nearest places to Copford Green and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Copford Green has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Beacon End (2.23 miles)114
Marks Tey (0.88 miles)18
Copford (0.62 miles)18
Fordham Heath (2.56 miles)12
Aldham (2.48 miles)8
Little Tey (1.96 miles)7
Birch (2.24 miles)5
Hardy’s Green (1.39 miles)3
Copford Green2
Fordstreet (2.56 miles)0

9.99%
of Lexden and Braiswick residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Copford Green?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Copford Green and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Beacon End41
Marks Tey7
Copford5
Fordham Heath5
Birch5
Aldham4
Little Tey4
Hardy’s Green3
Copford Green1
Fordstreet0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Copford Green?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Copford Green to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Copford Green compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Copford Green and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Copford Green is ranked #7.

#WardScore
1Castle81
2Berechurch73
3Mile End50
4Shrub End43
5Stanway43
6Tiptree42
7Lexden and Braiswick29
8Marks Tey and Layer28
9Prettygate24
10Kelvedon & Feering24
11The Colnes13

Which road in Copford Green has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Copford Green with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Ford Street.

Last updated: March 2024
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