Crime Statistics for Beacon End, Colchester, Essex, 2024

There were a total of 114 street level crime incidents in Beacon End in March 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Beacon End, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	41
Shoplifting	20
Criminal Damage Arson	13
Anti Social Behaviour	12
Public Order	9
Other Theft	7
Vehicle Crime	4
Burglary	4
Other Crime	2
Possession Of Weapons	1
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	114

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 Beacon End. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

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 Beacon End

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Abbey Field (2.48 miles)	423
Chitts Hills (0.62 miles)	119
Beacon End	114
Shrub End (1.39 miles)	78
Colne (1.96 miles)	77
Maypole Green (2.23 miles)	48
Copford (1.96 miles)	18
Fordham Heath (1.75 miles)	12
Aldham (2.24 miles)	8
Copford Green (2.23 miles)	2

Where are the most violent places near Beacon End?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Abbey Field	158
Chitts Hills	42
Beacon End	41
Colne	36
Shrub End	35
Maypole Green	24
Copford	5
Fordham Heath	5
Aldham	4
Copford Green	1

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Beacon End?

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 Beacon End 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 Beacon End compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Castle	81
2	Berechurch	73
3	Old Heath and The Hythe	67
4	New Town and Christ Church	64
5	Mile End	50
6	Shrub End	43
7	Stanway	43
8	St Anne's and St John's	42
9	Highwoods	33
10	Lexden and Braiswick	29
11	Prettygate	24

Which road in Beacon End has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Beacon End with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.