Crime Rates at Mersea Road, Colchester, CO2 8PT

Mersea Road area has the 26th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Berechurch , and the 219th highest crime rate of 615 local areas in Colchester .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Mersea Road (CO2 8PT) in the last 12 months was 80.3 per 1,000 residents and was 9.7% lower 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 29.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mersea Road (CO2 8PT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Normandy Avenue (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.