Crime Rates at Brook Street, Colchester, CO1 2UU

Brook Street area has the 16th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Castle , and the 64th highest crime rate of 615 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 194.0 per 1,000 residents and was 37.8% lower than the Castle average (311.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 3 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 137.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.7% 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 60 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brook Street (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.