Crime Rates at Butt Road, Colchester, CO3 3DL

Butt Road area has the 28th highest crime rate of 65 local areas in New Town and Christ Church , and the 204th highest crime rate of 615 local areas in Colchester .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Butt Road (CO3 3DL) in the last 12 months was 84.6 per 1,000 residents and was 20.4% lower than the New Town and Christ Church average (106.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 40.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 51.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Butt Road (CO3 3DL), the main crime hotspot is near Police Station. Police recorded 216 crimes here, including 136 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.