Crime Rates at High Road, Layer De La Haye, Colchester, CO2 0EB

High Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in Marks Tey and Layer , and the 92nd lowest crime rate of 619 local areas in Colchester .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around High Road (CO2 0EB) in the last 12 months was 19.6 per 1,000 residents and was 73.9% lower than the Marks Tey and Layer average (75.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Road (CO2 0EB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Folley, where police recorded 3 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Les Bois (1 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.