Total Crime Rate

115.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

67.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 115.9 8/10
  • Violent crimes 67.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 24.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.2 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.2 7/10
  • Burglary 3.1 2/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Gladstone 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 Gladstone Road (CO1 2EB) 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 Gladstone Road (CO1 2EB), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 186 crimes here, including 44 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Gladstone Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/65)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Providence Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Kendall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Kendall Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kendall Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kendall Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft New Town Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cavalier Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Gunner Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Cannon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cannon Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Providence Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Providence Place —
Apr 2026Drugs Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beche Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Wimpole Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cavalier Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences George Williams Way Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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