Crime Rate in Castle, ward

Castle has the highest crime rate of 17 wards in Colchester district and the 104th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 6th highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Castle in the last 12 months was 311.9 per 1,000 residents and was 243.0% higher than the Colchester district average (90.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Castle’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1,351 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 34 cases , down -26.1% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 24.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -26.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,695 (≈ 148.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Castle ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Shopping Area, with 450 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Nightclub (115 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.