Total Crime Rate

97.6 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 97.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 73.2 9/10
  • Drugs 12.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.1 2/10
  • Other theft 4.1 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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
  • Shoplifting 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

Holly Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Marks Tey and Layer , and the 170th highest crime rate of 615 local areas in Colchester .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Holly Road (CO3 0RS) in the last 12 months was 97.6 per 1,000 residents and was 45.5% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 73.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 30.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Holly Road (CO3 0RS), the main crime hotspot is near Villa Road. Police recorded 26 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Holly Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holly Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peter Crowe Approach Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bailey Dale Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Villa Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Egremont Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Villa Road Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Partridge Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Maskell Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tollgate Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Martin Hunt Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bailey Dale Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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