Crime Rates at Brook Street, Colchester, CO1 2UU

Brook Street 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 Brook Street (CO1 2UU) 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 Brook Street (CO1 2UU), 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.