Crime Rates at Magdalen Street, Colchester, CO1 2LD

Magdalen Street area has the 17th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in New Town and Christ Church , and the 116th 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 Magdalen Street (CO1 2LD) in the last 12 months was 135.8 per 1,000 residents and was 12.0% higher 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 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 98.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Magdalen Street (CO1 2LD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 164 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Vineyard Street (61 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.