Crime Rates at Green Acres Road, Layer De La Haye, Colchester, CO2 0JP

Green Acres Road area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in Marks Tey and Layer , and the 147th lowest crime rate of 619 local areas in Colchester .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Green Acres Road (CO2 0JP) in the last 12 months was 26.9 per 1,000 residents and was 64.1% 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 Public order with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violent crimes ( 133.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 23.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 133.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Green Acres Road (CO2 0JP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Winstree Close, where police recorded 7 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rye Lane (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.