Crime Rates at Emperor Road, Colchester, CO2 7NX

Emperor Road area has the 29th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in New Town and Christ Church , and the 208th highest crime rate of 615 local areas in Colchester .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Emperor Road (CO2 7NX) in the last 12 months was 83.6 per 1,000 residents and was 21.3% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -65.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 37.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Emperor Road (CO2 7NX), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 67 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.