Crime Rate in St Anne's and St John's, ward

St Anne's and St John's has the 8th lowest crime rate of 17 wards in Colchester district and the 3195th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 456th highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in St Anne's and St John's in the last 12 months was 57.0 per 1,000 residents and was 37.3% lower than the Colchester district average (90.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St Anne's and St John's’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 311 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 353 (≈ 30.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St Anne's and St John's ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 83 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around St Edmund'S Court (17 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.