Crime Statistics for Greenstead, Colchester, Essex, 2024

There were a total of 268 street level crime incidents in Greenstead in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Greenstead, 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	130
Anti Social Behaviour	25
Other Theft	20
Drugs	18
Vehicle Crime	13
Public Order	12
Criminal Damage Arson	12
Shoplifting	10
Other Crime	8
Burglary	8
Possession Of Weapons	6
Robbery	3
Theft From The Person	2
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	268

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Colchester (1.86 miles)	468
Parson’s Heath (0.88 miles)	416
Abbey Field (1.96 miles)	415
Greenstead	268
Mile End (2.24 miles)	178
Fox Street (1.24 miles)	114
Crockleford Hill (0.88 miles)	94
Rowhedge (2.48 miles)	20
Crockleford Heath (1.39 miles)	19
Keelars Tye (2.23 miles)	13

Where are the most violent places near Greenstead?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Parson’s Heath	177
Colchester	176
Abbey Field	168
Greenstead	130
Mile End	82
Fox Street	63
Crockleford Hill	41
Keelars Tye	8
Rowhedge	7
Crockleford Heath	7

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

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 Greenstead 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 Greenstead compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Greenstead and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Greenstead is ranked #2.

#	Ward	Score
1	Castle	81
2	Greenstead	73
3	Berechurch	73
4	Old Heath and The Hythe	67
5	New Town and Christ Church	64
6	Ardleigh & Little Bromley	51
7	Mile End	50
8	St Anne's and St John's	42
9	Highwoods	33
10	Alresford & Elmstead	24
11	Wivenhoe	19

Which road in Greenstead has the highest level of crime?

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