Crime Rate in Stanway, ward

Stanway has the 7th lowest crime rate of 17 wards in Colchester district and the 3120th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 463rd highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Stanway in the last 12 months was 56.1 per 1,000 residents and was 38.3% lower than the Colchester district average (90.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Stanway’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 267 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 88.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -15.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 307 (≈ 31.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Stanway ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Essex Yeomanry Way, with 74 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Villa Road (19 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.