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
  • Shoplifting 17.8 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.8 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.8 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 11.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.8 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.9 8/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Victoria Chase area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 41 local areas in Castle , and the 188th highest crime rate of 615 local areas in Colchester .

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 Victoria Chase (CO1 1WW) 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 23.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 60.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Victoria Chase (CO1 1WW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Market Close, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sheepen Road (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Victoria Chase area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A133 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A133 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sheepen Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences John Harper Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences John Harper Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences John Harper Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences John Harper Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences John Harper Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft A133 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A133 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A133 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wycliffe Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Sheepen Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Market Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Market Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Market Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour North Station Road
Sep 2025Burglary North Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson North Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Market Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Green'S Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sheepen Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Sheepen Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victoria Chase Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sheepen Road

Data Sources

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