Total Crime Rate

696.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 696.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 242.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 107.7 10/10
  • Public order 61.5 10/10
  • Drugs 57.7 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 50.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 38.5 10/10
  • Other theft 30.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 26.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 23.1 7/10
  • Theft from the person 23.1 10/10
  • Burglary 15.4 10/10
  • Robbery 11.5 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.7 9/10
  • Other 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

Culver Street East area has the 6th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Castle , and the 10th highest crime rate of 615 local areas in Colchester .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Culver Street East (CO1 1LE) in the last 12 months was 696.2 per 1,000 residents and was 123.2% higher 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 63 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 333.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -76.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 84 (≈ 323.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Culver Street East (CO1 1LE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 247 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Conference/Exhibition Centre (83 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Culver Street East area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft St Botolph'S Church Walk Awaiting court outcome
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 2025Robbery Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order St Botolph'S Church Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vineyard Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Botolph'S Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Short Wyre Street
Sep 2025Shoplifting Trinity Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trinity Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trinity Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trinity Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trinity Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Trinity Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Trinity Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Trinity Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Trinity Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vineyard Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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