Total Crime Rate

82.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

18.3 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 82.3 7/10
  • Shoplifting 39.6 8/10
  • Violent crimes 18.3 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.3 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.2 8/10
  • Other theft 6.1 6/10
  • Burglary 3.1 2/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Quayside Drive area has the 38th lowest crime rate of 80 local areas in Greenstead , and the 213th 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 Quayside Drive (CO2 8GN) in the last 12 months was 82.3 per 1,000 residents and was 48.3% lower than the Greenstead average (159.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 18.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Quayside Drive (CO2 8GN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Albany Gardens, where police recorded 77 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Caelum Drive (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Quayside Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/36)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Caelum Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Albany Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Triumph Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Triumph Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Triumph Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Heia Wharf Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Heia Wharf Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Capstan Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Caelum Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Albany Gardens —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Phoenix Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Albany Gardens —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Albany Gardens —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Albany Gardens —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Albany Gardens —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Capstan Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Capstan Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Capstan Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Capstan Place —
Apr 2026Other theft King Edward Quay Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Altbarn Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Caelum Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Mascot Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Haven Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Altbarn Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Quayside Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Caelum Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Waterside Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Caelum Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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