Total Crime Rate

122.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 122.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 74.9 9/10
  • Public order 18.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.0 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.0 8/10
  • Drugs 3.0 2/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

School Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Berechurch , and the 118th 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 School Road (CO2 8NN) in the last 12 months was 122.8 per 1,000 residents and was 38.0% higher than the Berechurch average (88.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 92.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 158.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around School Road (CO2 8NN), the main crime hotspot is near Queen Elizabeth Way. Police recorded 44 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in School Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prince Charles Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Queen Elizabeth Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Queen Elizabeth Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Wych Elm Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Queen Elizabeth Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wych Elm Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wych Elm Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wych Elm Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences School Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Queen Elizabeth Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Queen Elizabeth Way —
Sep 2025Burglary Silverthorne Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Ridgewell Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ridgewell Way —
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Data Sources

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