Total Crime Rate

133.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

80.3 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 133.8 9/10
  • Violent crimes 80.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 80.3 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.4 6/10
  • Other theft 13.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.7 5/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Rosebery Avenue area has the 21st highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Castle , and the 120th 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 Rosebery Avenue (CO1 2UL) in the last 12 months was 133.8 per 1,000 residents and was 55.0% lower than the Castle average (297.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 80.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rosebery Avenue (CO1 2UL), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 121 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Rosebery Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Charles Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Eaglegate
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brook Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Ely Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Goodey Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences George Williams Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour James Street
Apr 2026Burglary Nicholsons Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Childwell Alley Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Eaglegate
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Eaglegate Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Eaglegate Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Childwell Alley Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Saw Mill Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences East Bay Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences East Bay Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order East Bay Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson East Bay Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson East Bay Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Simons Lane Magdalen Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson East Bay Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour East Bay
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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