Total Crime Rate

126.8 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 126.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 37.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.1 6/10
  • Drugs 9.4 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.4 7/10
  • Burglary 4.7 5/10
  • Other theft 4.7 5/10
  • Shoplifting 4.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
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

Villa Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Marks Tey and Layer , and the 113th highest crime rate of 615 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 Villa Road (CO3 0RH) in the last 12 months was 126.8 per 1,000 residents and was 89.1% higher than the Marks Tey and Layer average (67.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 42.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Villa Road (CO3 0RH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tollgate Court, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Villa Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Villa Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beacon Way —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lucy Lane South Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beacon Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tollgate Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Villa Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Tollgate Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Villa Road Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tollgate Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tollgate Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tollgate Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences London Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beacon Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Barn Fields —
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Data Sources

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