Total Crime Rate

141.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 141.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 54.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.2 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.6 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 10.9 9/10
  • Other theft 10.9 8/10
  • Burglary 7.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.3 6/10
  • Drugs 7.3 7/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Public order 3.6 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.6 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Winnock Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in New Town and Christ Church , and the 94th 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 Winnock Road (CO1 2BG) in the last 12 months was 141.8 per 1,000 residents and was 33.5% higher than the New Town and Christ Church average (106.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 58.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Winnock Road (CO1 2BG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 103 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shrubland Road (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Winnock Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Mill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hyderabad Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Military Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Winnock Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour New Town Road
Sep 2025Vehicle crime New Town Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kendall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Military Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shrubland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shrubland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Shrubland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Captain Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nicholsons Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences George Williams Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Priory Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Julian Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kendall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Military Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Kendall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Golden Noble Hill Under investigation

Data Sources

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