Total Crime Rate

104.2 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 104.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.6 8/10
  • Public order 16.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.5 8/10
  • Drugs 6.5 7/10
  • Other theft 6.5 6/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Cowdray Avenue area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 41 local areas in Castle , and the 155th 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 Cowdray Avenue (CO1 1XX) in the last 12 months was 104.2 per 1,000 residents and was 66.6% 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 Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 61.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cowdray Avenue (CO1 1XX), the main crime hotspot is near Cowdray Avenue. Police recorded 101 crimes here, including 40 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cowdray Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Cowdray Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cowdray Avenue —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cowdray Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cowdray Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Cowdray Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
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Data Sources

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