Crime Statistics for Colchester, Essex, 2024

Crime statistics for Colchester, Colchester

There were a total of 459 street level crime incidents in Colchester in January 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 Colchester, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime179
Shoplifting44
Anti Social Behaviour41
Public Order40
Other Theft29
Criminal Damage Arson28
Drugs23
Burglary13
Vehicle Crime12
Bicycle Theft11
Other Crime11
Theft From The Person11
Robbery10
Possession Of Weapons7
All Crime459

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Colchester. 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 Colchester

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Colchester459
Abbey Field (0.62 miles)423
Parson’s Heath (1.39 miles)416
Greenstead (1.86 miles)324
Mile End (1.24 miles)178
Fox Street (2.23 miles)143
Berechurch (1.86 miles)95
Colne (1 miles)74
Shrub End (1.75 miles)69
Maypole Green (1.96 miles)54

25.37%
of Castle (Colchester) residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Colchester?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Abbey Field187
Colchester179
Parson’s Heath177
Greenstead146
Mile End82
Fox Street72
Berechurch63
Maypole Green37
Shrub End36
Colne35

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

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 Colchester 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 Colchester compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Colchester and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Residents in Colchester have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Wivenhoe.

#WardScore
1Castle81
2Greenstead73
3Berechurch73
4Old Heath and The Hythe67
5New Town and Christ Church64
6Mile End50
7Shrub End43
8St Anne's and St John's42
9Highwoods33
10Prettygate24
11Wivenhoe19

Which road in Colchester has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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