Crime Rates at Wimpole Road, Colchester, CO1 2DE

Wimpole Road area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 65 local areas in New Town and Christ Church , and the 149th highest crime rate of 619 local areas in Colchester .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wimpole Road (CO1 2DE) in the last 12 months was 115.9 per 1,000 residents and was 4.4% lower than the New Town and Christ Church average (121.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -4.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 67.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wimpole Road (CO1 2DE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 65 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Simons Lane Magdalen Green (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.