Total Crime Rate
138.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
81.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Londinium Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in New Town and Christ Church , and the 112th 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 Londinium Road (CO2 7NU) in the last 12 months was 138.0 per 1,000 residents and was 13.8% higher than the New Town and Christ Church average (121.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 81.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Londinium Road (CO2 7NU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Trinity Street, where police recorded 129 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Vineyard Street (61 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Colchester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shrubland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walsingham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vineyard Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Trinity Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Trinity Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Trinity Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Trinity Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Trinity Street | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vineyard Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walsingham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Walsingham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Trinity Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Walsingham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Trinity Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | St John'S Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trinity Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vineyard Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vineyard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vineyard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trinity Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trinity Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Trinity Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Trinity Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Botolph'S Church Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shrubland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shrubland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shrubland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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