Total Crime Rate

2262.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

940.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 2262.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 940.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 742.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 514.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 237.6 10/10
  • Other theft 188.1 10/10
  • Public order 148.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 89.1 10/10
  • Drugs 89.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 59.4 10/10
  • Theft from the person 49.5 10/10
  • Burglary 39.6 10/10
  • Robbery 39.6 10/10
  • Other crime 29.7 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 24.8 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.9 10/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

High Street area has the highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Castle , and the highest crime rate of 619 local areas in Colchester .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (CO1 1DB) in the last 12 months was 2262.4 per 1,000 residents and was 661.8% higher than the Castle average (297.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 150 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 63.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 190 (≈ 940.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (CO1 1DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 348 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (107 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences East Stockwell Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Trinity Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Conference/Exhibition Centre
Apr 2026Burglary Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Culver Street West Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Culver Street West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Culver Street West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Culver Street West Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chapel Street North

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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