Crime Rates at Morant Road, Colchester, CO1 2JB

Morant Road area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 65 local areas in New Town and Christ Church , and the 291st lowest crime rate of 619 local areas in Colchester .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Morant Road (CO1 2JB) in the last 12 months was 51.8 per 1,000 residents and was 57.3% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 43.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Morant Road (CO1 2JB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 65 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Artillery Street (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.