Total Crime Rate
144.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
104.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Berechurch Hall Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Berechurch , and the 106th 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 Berechurch Hall Road (CO2 8RD) in the last 12 months was 144.5 per 1,000 residents and was 51.4% 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 104.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Berechurch Hall Road (CO2 8RD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Queen Elizabeth Way, where police recorded 42 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.
View Crime In Colchester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Terling Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bardfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Adelaide Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thaxted Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | West Donyland Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | West Donyland Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | West Donyland Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Donyland Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Terling Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bardfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Inworth Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Donyland Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Donyland Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chestnut Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chestnut Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Terling Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stansted Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Stansted Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wethersfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pebmarsh Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wethersfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Middlewick Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Middlewick Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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