Crime Statistics for Layer Breton, Colchester, Essex, 2024

Crime statistics for Layer Breton, Colchester

There were a total of 4 street level crime incidents in Layer Breton in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Other Crime, followed by Drugs.

Crime CategoryIncidents
Other Crime2
Drugs1
Violent Crime1
All Crime4

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 Layer Breton. 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 Layer Breton

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Layer de la Haye (2.23 miles)6
Layer Breton4
Birch (0.62 miles)4
Birch Green4
Hardy’s Green (1.39 miles)3
Layer Brook (0.75 miles)1
Abberton Reservoir (2.23 miles)0
Layer Marney (1.39 miles)0
Great Wigborough (2.24 miles)0
Stafford’s Corner (1.75 miles)0

7.62%
of Marks Tey and Layer residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Layer Breton?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Layer de la Haye1
Layer Breton1
Birch1
Birch Green1
Hardy’s Green1
Layer Brook0
Abberton Reservoir0
Layer Marney0
Great Wigborough0
Stafford’s Corner0

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

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 Layer Breton 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 Layer Breton compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Berechurch73
2Shrub End43
3Stanway43
4Tiptree42
5Tollesbury30
6Lexden and Braiswick29
7Marks Tey and Layer28
8Prettygate24
9Kelvedon & Feering24
10Mersea and Pyefleet21
11Tolleshunt D'Arcy15

Which road in Layer Breton has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Layer Breton 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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