Crime Rates at Mersea Road, Colchester, CO2 7ET

Mersea Road area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 65 local areas in New Town and Christ Church , and the 173rd 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 Mersea Road (CO2 7ET) in the last 12 months was 96.8 per 1,000 residents and was 8.9% lower than the New Town and Christ Church average (106.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 43.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -46.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mersea Road (CO2 7ET), the main crime hotspot is near Vineyard Street. Police recorded 77 crimes here, including 59 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.