Total Crime Rate

88.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

55.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 88.0 7/10
  • Violent crimes 55.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.1 7/10
  • Public order 16.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.5 4/10
  • Burglary 6.5 7/10
  • Shoplifting 6.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Colne View Retail Park area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 42 local areas in Castle , and the 198th highest crime rate of 619 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 Colne View Retail Park (CO1 1YN) in the last 12 months was 88.0 per 1,000 residents and was 70.4% lower 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 55.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Colne View Retail Park (CO1 1YN), the main crime hotspot is near Cowdray Avenue. Police recorded 94 crimes here, including 46 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Colne View Retail Park area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cowdray Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Cowdray Avenue Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Cowdray Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Cowdray Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cowdray Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cowdray Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cowdray Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cowdray Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cowdray Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Cowdray Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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