Total Crime Rate

88.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 88.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.7 7/10
  • Other theft 14.0 9/10
  • Burglary 9.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.0 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.0 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.7 7/10
  • Drugs 4.7 5/10
  • Public order 4.7 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.3 2/10
  • Shoplifting 2.3 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

West Stockwell Street area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 41 local areas in Castle , and the 187th highest crime rate of 615 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 West Stockwell Street (CO1 1FQ) in the last 12 months was 88.8 per 1,000 residents and was 71.5% lower than the Castle average (311.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 39.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around West Stockwell Street (CO1 1FQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 412 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (102 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in West Stockwell Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Culver Street West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Culver Street West Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Middle Mill
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middle Mill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middle Mill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middle Mill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middle Mill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Culver Street West Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Culver Street West Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Culver Street West Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Culver Street West Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Short Cut Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Balkerne Gardens Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Balkerne Gardens Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Balkerne Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Balkerne Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Culver Street West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Culver Street West
Sep 2025Other theft Short Cut Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Burglary Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Culver Street West
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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