Crime Statistics for Fordham Heath, Colchester, Essex, February 2022

The aim of this article is to provide a brief overview of street level crime in Fordham Heath using the latest Police statistics. Police data is usually published two months in arrears, so February 2022 are the latest figures. The data published by the Police are incidents that were reported to them in that month, not the crimes that were prosecuted and/or had further action taken. In by far the majority of incidents, no further action is taken.

There were a total of 6 street level crime incidents in Fordham Heath in February 2022. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson. Below are these incidents broken down by category.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Fordham Heath, 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	4
Criminal Damage Arson	1
Vehicle Crime	1
All Crime	6

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2022

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Chitts Hills (1.39 miles)	122
Beacon End (1.75 miles)	117
Marks Tey (2.24 miles)	24
Copford (1.96 miles)	21
Fordham Heath	6
Great Tey (2.55 miles)	5
Aldham (0.62 miles)	2
Copford Green (2.56 miles)	2
Fordstreet (1.24 miles)	0
Fordham (1.39 miles)	0

Most violent places near Fordham Heath

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Chitts Hills	50
Beacon End	50
Copford	9
Marks Tey	7
Great Tey	5
Fordham Heath	4
Aldham	0
Copford Green	0
Fordstreet	0
Fordham	0