Total Crime Rate
1477.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
601.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bank Passage area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Castle , and the 3rd 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 Bank Passage (CO1 1HZ) in the last 12 months was 1477.1 per 1,000 residents and was 397.4% 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 147 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -25.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 184 (≈ 601.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bank Passage (CO1 1HZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 348 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (213 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Colchester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Trinity Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Trinity Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Trinity Street | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Trinity Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St John'S Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitewell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitewell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Trinity Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Trinity Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Trinity Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Trinity Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Trinity Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walsingham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walsingham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Walsingham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Walsingham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
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