Total Crime Rate
3.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Colchester Road area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Heybridge East , and the 4th lowest crime rate of 205 local areas in Maldon .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Colchester Road (CM9 4AN) in the last 12 months was 3.4 per 1,000 residents and was 87.9% lower than the Heybridge East average (28.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Colchester Road (CM9 4AN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wood Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Maldon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hazelwood Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hazelwood Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hazelwood Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hazelwood Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Heywood Court | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kittiwake Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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