Total Crime Rate

168.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

95.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 168.3 9/10
  • Violent crimes 95.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 76.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.9 9/10
  • Other theft 9.5 8/10
  • Public order 9.5 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.5 8/10
  • Burglary 6.4 7/10
  • Drugs 6.4 7/10
  • Other crime 6.4 8/10
  • Robbery 6.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.2 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.2 4/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Coronation Avenue area has the 8th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Berechurch , and the 77th highest crime rate of 619 local areas in Colchester .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Coronation Avenue (CO2 8PB) in the last 12 months was 168.3 per 1,000 residents and was 76.2% higher than the Berechurch average (95.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 95.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 57.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Coronation Avenue (CO2 8PB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Queen Elizabeth Way, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stansted Road (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Coronation Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Theft from the person Stansted Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Terling Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sage Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Terling Close
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stansted Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Middlewick Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Middlewick Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Windsor Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Windsor Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order School Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order School Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences School Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences School Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences School Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences School Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Terling Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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